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MANUEL TOMAS MONTOYA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1948 – February 19, 1970
Service recordManuel Tomas Montoya, of Duncan, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 32
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Duncan, Arizona (Greenlee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 32
- DICKEY LARUE COOLEYSpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
- THOMAS HAROLD FURNISHSpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
- LARRY THOMAS HARRISONStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1970
- PHILLIP FRANK HULTSSergeant · February 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY THOMAS HARRISONStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 32
- JIMMIE RAY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 33
From Duncan
- WILLIAM NEIL WILSONPrivate · August 18, 1965
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.