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JOSE L MONTES
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 27, 1942 – October 7, 1968
Service recordJose L Montes, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 25
- JAMES RANDALL JONESSpecialist Four · October 7, 1968
- NATHANIEL KELLEYStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1968
- ROY ROBERT KOENIGCorporal · October 7, 1968
- JOHN EARL POLINGStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM D VANTASSEL JRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 27
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 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.