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MONTE RAOUL DEVERE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 29, 1921 – January 10, 1970
Service recordMonte Raoul Devere, of Nordland, Washington, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 22
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1921
- Home of record
- Nordland, Washington (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1970
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 22
- JOSE F GUERRERO JRSergeant · January 9, 1970
- WAYNE CLOUSE ALLENSergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
- HERBERT CHARLES CROSBYCaptain · January 10, 1970
- FRANCIS GEORGE GRAZIOSISergeant First Class · January 10, 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.