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LEONARD DANIEL MONTES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 1, 1951 – May 16, 1971
Service recordLeonard Daniel Montes, of Woodlake, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Woodlake, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 37
- PHILLIP CORNELIUS BLACKMONDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1971
- DONALD ODELL CARTERPrivate · May 16, 1971
- CHARLES LEROY MARTINSergeant · May 16, 1971
- DAVID RYAN WINKLECorporal · May 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP CORNELIUS BLACKMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 37
From Woodlake
- MERCED HERMAN GONZALESPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- PHILLIP JOSE BARBACorporal · November 20, 1970
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.