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THEODORE ELLIS BALTEZORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – June 20, 1969
Service recordTheodore Ellis Baltezore, of Gettysburg, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 95
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Gettysburg, South Dakota (Potter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 95
- LUIS JOSE SIMANCASPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS WOODSSergeant · June 19, 1969
- JOHN HERRICK ALDRICHSergeant · June 20, 1969
- JOSE FRANCISCO ARROYOSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN CHARLES HEATHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 97
- RICHARD DENNIS JOYSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 98
- WILLIAM LOUIS LONGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 99
- JAMES EDWARD PARKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 100
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.