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MICHAEL A MONTELLANO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1950 – September 11, 1969
Service recordMichael A Montellano, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 70
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 70
- RANDY GRAHAM CAGLECorporal · September 11, 1969
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEECorporal · September 11, 1969
- SHERMAN DALTON MONKPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- CALVIN MOULTRIEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY RAY METZSecond Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 69
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.