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WILTON PADIER JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 21, 1948 – November 25, 1969
Service recordWilton Padier JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 122
- JOHN R NAUGHTON JRSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- JOHN PATTISON JRSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- JACK WILLIAM POMEROYSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- JERRY DOUGLAS RAWLSCorporal · November 25, 1969
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.