Fidele Joseph Bastarache
Sergeant
B CO, 1ST BN, 6TH INFANTRY, 198TH INFANTRY BDE, AMERICAL DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Gardner, Massachusetts
February 11, 1946 to May 27, 1968
FIDELE J BASTARACHE is on the Wall at Panel W65, Line 5

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Fidele J Bastarache

SGT FIDELE JOSEPH BASTARACHE


Fidele J Bastarache

SGT FIDELE JOSEPH BASTARACHE

 
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On July 6, 1962, Fidele, age sixteen, moved from Saint-Antoine, New Brunswick, Canada to Gardner, Massachusetts with his family. Ambrose, his father, moved there because of work.

Fidele was drafted and his mother suggested he move back to Canada. He refused to go back and felt it was his duty to serve. He took basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in July 1966 and on March 15th he took additional training at Fort Hood, Texas. He started his tour in Vietnam in October.

Fidele was a mortarman and was assigned to Company B of the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade. The Brigade had joined the 23rd Infantry Division (Americal) operating in the northern part of South Vietnam.

Eight and one-half months into his tour, Fidele was killed. He is buried in Gardner, Massachusetts.


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