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LOUIE GOOCH MONTOYA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 29, 1949 – June 10, 1971
Service recordLouie Gooch Montoya, of Covina, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1971; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 72
- WILLIAM CHARLES BILYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1971
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNIFFSergeant · June 11, 1971
- JOHNNY JACKSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1971
- LOYD EUGENE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY ARTHURSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 71
From Covina
- RICHARD LAVERN BISHOPSergeant · October 1, 1966
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- MELVIN GLEN MOFFETTCorporal · February 5, 1967
- TERRY GENE HEEKINSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSONLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- STANLEY GRANT STRONGCorporal · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL KENNETH HARESpecialist Five · March 30, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 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.