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JOE NED MONTOYA
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 19, 1939 – August 1, 1967
Service recordJoe Ned Montoya, of San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Target Acquisition Surveillance Radar Repairer (26C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1939
- Home of record
- San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico (Rio Arriba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 62
- CALVIN A MCGINTY JRSergeant · August 1, 1967
- BRUCE EDWARD MIELKELance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- ELZIA RAY PITCOCKPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- WILLIAM ROLAND PREWITTLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JARRELL REMEDIESPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 63
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.