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LUIS JOSE MONROIG
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1946 – July 22, 1971
Service recordLuis Jose Monroig, of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 112
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Quebradillas, Puerto Rico (Quebradillas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 112
- RICHARD LEE PAGESpecialist Four · July 19, 1971
- DAVID BERNARD BEGLAUSergeant · July 22, 1971
- MARGARITO RODRIQUEZ GOMEZSpecialist Four · July 23, 1971
- TONY ANGUIANOSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
From Quebradillas
- RICHARD ISMAEL BERMEJOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- PILAR RAFAEL A RUIZ-DELStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- JUAN RAMON PEREZ-PADINLance Corporal · August 26, 1969
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.