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LUIS ALBERTO MONTOYA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1949 – June 20, 1969
Service recordLuis Alberto Montoya, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 99
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1949
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 99
- WILLIAM LOUIS LONGFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1969
- ROBERT CARY MAHANPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- TONEY FRANCIS MYCKA JRCorporal · June 20, 1969
- KEITH OLSENSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLENN ROBERT JENNINGSPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 98
- JAMES MICHAEL PANKIEWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 100
- JOE ALTON WADLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 101
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.