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JOSE ALBINO MONTOYA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1944 – June 14, 1967
Service recordJose Albino Montoya, of Grants, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 102
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Grants, New Mexico (Cibola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 102
- ROBERT ROGERS ROUSHSecond Lieutenant · June 14, 1967
- HARLAN RAY SLUSSERPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JOSEPH BONERTSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 100
From Grants
- DAVID WESLEY CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- PATRICK SALAZARLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
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.