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BARTOLOME ALFONSO BALDERA
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1948 – February 21, 1968
Service recordBartolome Alfonso Baldera, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 14, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 51
- ROBERT NELSON BAKERSergeant First Class · February 21, 1968
- JACK WILLIAMS BRASINGTONSpecialist Four · February 21, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1968
- RAYMOND DOUGLAS BURBAGESergeant · February 21, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.