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EUSEBIO MONTOYA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1949 – November 12, 1968
Service recordEusebio Montoya, of Bernalillo, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 55
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- September 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Bernalillo, New Mexico (Sandoval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 55
- JAMES COSTA MAIATO JRCorporal · November 12, 1968
- CHARLES RAY MCCURTAIN JRSergeant · November 12, 1968
- WILBUR LEROY MONGWarrant Officer 1 · November 12, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER MYERS JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1968
From Bernalillo
- FRED ROMAN SAIZSpecialist Four · August 2, 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.