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JAMES MICHAEL MONTEMAYOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1947 – January 17, 1969
Service recordJames Michael Montemayor, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- 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 January 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 27
- GEORGE ALBERT KURTYKATechnical Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- BRUCE SEARIGHT MCFADYENLieutenant · January 17, 1969
- RICHARD RAPHAEL MELADYPetty Officer First Class · January 17, 1969
- MARK DAVID MITCHELLWarrant Officer 1 · January 17, 1969
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
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.