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MONTY RAE SEWELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1946 – July 4, 1967
Service recordMonty Rae Sewell, of Joplin, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 7
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Joplin, Missouri (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 7
- RONALD DAVID REYESPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- RICHARD NEAL ROBEYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- ANTHONY MICHAEL SCHMUTZLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- STANLEY HOUSTON SULLIVANPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
From Joplin
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · October 21, 1965
- LAWRENCE MCCREAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- VIRGIL MADISON LEDFORDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- HAROLD LEROY CARVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- CHARLES BRENT HORTONLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JIMMY DALE HATFIELDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · February 12, 1968
- JOE RAY WHITTEDSergeant · May 15, 1968
- LARRY DEAN PLILERSergeant · May 31, 1968
- CLARK LEE HENSON JRSergeant · June 16, 1968
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.