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JOSE CLEMENTE MONTANO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1944 – June 8, 1970
Service recordJose Clemente Montano, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 28
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1970; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 28
- JOHN THOMAS KREBS JRSecond Lieutenant · June 8, 1970
- MARVIN DOUGLAS LAMBDINPrivate First Class · June 8, 1970
- GARY LYNN MERCERConstructionman · June 8, 1970
- ANSEL WENDELL MORSECorporal · June 8, 1970
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.