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BENJAMIN RUBEN MONTANO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 26, 1949 – May 23, 1969
Service recordBenjamin Ruben Montano, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 94
- CARL DEYNEKAPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- HARLEY DANIEL DIMICKSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- MARK WILLIAM FENNERSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- ELMER EUGENE FIELDSPrivate · May 24, 1969
- JOHN ALOYSIUS GILLENSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.