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THOMAS PADILLA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1948 – March 25, 1970
Service recordThomas Padilla, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 43
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 43
- HARVEY LEON JAYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1970
- MICHAEL EUGENE JUSTUSFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- ROGER ALAN LAKINFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- SANFORD GENE PACKSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.