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ERNEST J MONTELEONE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 6, 1949 – November 3, 1971
Service recordErnest J Monteleone JR, of Metairie, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Canvas Repairman (43K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Metairie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 59
- ROBERT FREDRICK QUANDTPrivate First Class · November 1, 1971
- JACK LEONARD DECAIRESpecialist Six · November 3, 1971
- ALBIN LEE KENDALLSpecialist Four · November 3, 1971
- ERROL LYNN KENTSpecialist Four · November 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JACK LEONARD DECAIRESpecialist Six · Panel 2W, Line 59
From Metairie
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- DONALD GLENN TUYESLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
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.