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FIDELE JOSEPH BASTARACHE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 11, 1946 – May 27, 1968
Service recordFidele Joseph Bastarache, of Gardner, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Gardner, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 5
- BRADLEY BOWLINGPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS BRICE JRSergeant · May 27, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
From Gardner
- EMILE JOSEPH LEGERESpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- JOHN CHESTER GEMBORYSLance Corporal · July 30, 1967
- WILLIAM FLOYD BRONSON JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM CARDONAStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1969
- FRANCIS JOSEPH COULOMBELance Corporal · July 28, 1969
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.