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ARTURO DANIEL MONTION
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1947 – August 12, 1968
Service recordArturo Daniel Montion, of Stockton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 1
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 1
- ARNOLD WAYNE LUKECaptain · August 12, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS MCMANUSCorporal · August 12, 1968
- RONALD LEE MUEHLBERGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- KENNETH LEE WORLEYLance Corporal · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ROY JENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 49W, Line 54
- ARNOLD WAYNE LUKECaptain · Panel 48W, Line 1
- GERALD ANTHONY WILSONSpecialist Five · Panel 48W, Line 4
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
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.