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MARIO MONTES LAGUNA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 8, 1946 – January 26, 1969
Service recordMario Montes Laguna, of Marysville, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Marysville, California (Yuba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 85
- ROBERT LEE JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- IVAN WAYNE JONESLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- LAWRENCE LEE KEISTERSpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
- ALAN KARL LANGERSergeant · January 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LORAN LEON BERGERSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 81
- JORGE LUIS GUZMAN-PAGANPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 83
- KENNETH PAUL JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 84
From Marysville
- DAVID EUGENE NANCEPrivate First Class · July 11, 1966
- EDWARD LEONARD GREENESergeant · November 20, 1967
- MICHAEL MILLNERSergeant First Class · November 29, 1967
- RENNY DEAN SCHOELPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- DAVID JOSEPH BOLTONSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- STEVEN OWEN SCHNELLERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE CUMMINSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS BAKERCorporal · October 13, 1969
- GRIFFITH ALFRED JONESSergeant Major · May 12, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN VRABLICKFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 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.