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ANASTACIO MONTEZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1929 – May 24, 1969
Service recordAnastacio Montez, of Presidio, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 24, 1929
- Home of record
- Presidio, Texas (Presidio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 96
- JOHN HAYES LAKINSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1969
- CARL FREDERICK LYBRANDPrivate · May 24, 1969
- CHARLES JEROME MANSKECaptain · May 24, 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.