Joe Baldonado was 17 when he enlisted in the Army in 1948. The migrant farmworker family had moved to Gilroy about 1943 after living in Los Angeles and Colorado, where Joe was born. The Baldonado boys picked garlic in Gilroy and fruits in Morgan Hill. Charles said his older brother enlisted for a co
Gilroy spokesman Joe Kline offered another explanation, that migrant families moved around a lot and often weren't listed as city residents. However, he said modern Gilroy would be proud to add Joe Baldonado's name to the city's annual ceremony honoring local veterans.