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MONTE LEROY GATES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1949 – May 26, 1970
Service recordMonte Leroy Gates, of Corry, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Corry, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 102
- DAVID JOSE GARCIASergeant · May 26, 1970
- JAMES LLOYD GIEGELLance Corporal · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH GOSSELINLance Corporal · May 26, 1970
- BRUCE ELLIOT GRAHAMWarrant Officer 1 · May 26, 1970
From Corry
- GEORGE DONALD TINKOSeaman · February 21, 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.