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ANTHONY JOHN MONTOYA JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1947 – September 27, 1968
Service recordAnthony John Montoya JR, of Rome, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 31
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Rome, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 31
- LUTHER CLARK BERRYMANPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- BLAINE STANLEY MILES JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT MORRIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1968
- GORDON WILSON OGILVIEPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
From Rome
- BRADFORD THOMAS GRIFFINLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES CHENEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1967
- ROBERT NIELSENCorporal · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR RUSSELL JANSENCorporal · January 24, 1968
- HENRY F HENDERSON IIIPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- JOSEPH A MARTURANO JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TANNEYLance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- WYATT STEPHEN THOMASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HENDRIXSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- MARTIN ALLEN MCZEALSpecialist Four · June 18, 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.