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ANDREW MONTANIO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1950 – August 6, 1969
Service recordAndrew Montanio, of Victoria, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 103
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Victoria, Texas (Victoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 103
- GREGORY LEO MEYERSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- PAUL ALBERT NELSONCorporal · August 6, 1969
- SCOTT THOMAS NELSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 6, 1969
- DAVID MEDINA VALDEZSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
From Victoria
- LOUIS BELL TWINN SRSergeant First Class · December 31, 1965
- FRANCISCO LUNAStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- ROBERT D BUTLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- LOUIS WAYNE TERRELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- RICHARD PETER RUIZSergeant · October 2, 1967
- EDWARD EARL HARSON JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1967
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- JAMES LEE SCHERERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- BILLY CARROLL BOLTONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLARENCE F MAAS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
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.