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BALDOMERO ARTURO NADAL
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 26, 1946 – April 15, 1967
Service recordBaldomero Arturo Nadal, of Delano, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Delano, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 31
- RONALD EUGENE MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOHN REICHERTSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN SURMAPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
From Delano
- NARCISO BERTOMEN JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ROGER C MITCHELLCorporal · January 5, 1967
- PHILLIP GENE CANTRELLPrivate · December 22, 1967
- HENRY FRANCE ASUNCIONLance Corporal · November 27, 1968
- LEROY ERNEST HALBERT JRSergeant · December 31, 1970
- EDWARD JOSEPH LOPEZPrivate · November 28, 1971
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.