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MICHAEL MONTIJO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1948 – June 2, 1969
Service recordMichael Montijo, of Tombstone, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 45
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Tombstone, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 45
- PAUL CHALMERS JANTOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- BRIAN RICHARD KELLYPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- JOSEPH GUY LAPOINTE JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1969
- ROBERT HARRISON MARTIN JRPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.