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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Baltazar A Maldonado.

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BALTAZAR A MALDONADO

Private First Class · U.S. Army

September 30, 1945 – November 26, 1966

Service record

Baltazar A Maldonado, of Eagle Pass, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 12E · Line 121

Position of Panel 12E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Field Artillery Basic (13A)
Unit (as recorded)
C BTRY 2 BN 32 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
Born
September 30, 1945
Home of record
Eagle Pass, Texas (Maverick County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 26, 1966
Age
21
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 12E, Line 121

From Eagle Pass

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.