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JOE HERMAN MONTOYA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1942 – September 20, 1970
Service recordJoe Herman Montoya, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 20, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 78
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Santa Fe, New Mexico (Santa Fe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 78
- ALFRED JIMMY HERRING JRLance Corporal · September 20, 1970
- JOHN PAUL JOHNSONSergeant · September 20, 1970
- MICHAEL THOMAS LINVILLEPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
- CARL RICHARD MCCARTHY JRSpecialist Four · September 20, 1970
From Santa Fe
- FRANCIS XAVIER NAVACorporal · September 8, 1966
- JOHN FRANK RAY GRIEGOCorporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT STEVEN TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- GILBERT MORALESSergeant First Class · July 14, 1968
- WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZCorporal · March 27, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD GRIEGOSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- SANTIAGO V E QUINTANAPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- ENRIQUE VALDEZGunnery Sergeant · August 26, 1969
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.