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MIGUEL F MONTANEZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – November 26, 1968
Service recordMiguel F Montanez, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 68
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Carlsbad, New Mexico (Eddy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 68
- ROBERT ERNEST JONESCorporal · November 26, 1968
- BOBBY JAMES PERKINSPrivate First Class · November 26, 1968
- PIETRO PICONISpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- CURTIS HALL RAINERSergeant · November 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JOSEPH BUONAIUTOSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 64
- MARSHALL ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 69
From Carlsbad
- MAX COLEMAN SIMPSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- CLARK DAVID FRANKLINPetty Officer Third Class · April 24, 1966
- LLOYD BURNEY MAGBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- ROGER THURSTON SAWYERSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD HARRISONPetty Officer Third Class · May 20, 1968
- JOHNNY DWAIN CABECorporal · June 3, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR FOSTER IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- RICARDO GONZALEZ DAVISSergeant First Class · March 20, 1969
- JACK LLOYD SILLIMANLance Corporal · June 3, 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.