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PARIS WILLIAM MONTANEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 25, 1950 – January 27, 1969
Service recordParis William Montanez, of Fontana, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Fontana, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 3
- ROMAN GALE MASONSergeant · January 27, 1969
- LEON DAVID MOORESpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- JAMES ALEXANDER NICHOLSONSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- WILLIAM DANIEL NUHFERSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
From Fontana
- RICHARD ALLEN NOELKEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DOMINIC ANTHONY CORONAPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- GARY RICHARD DANSERSpecialist Four · July 20, 1967
- JOSEPH PENN MAREKPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- JOHN ARLINGTON RODGERSSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- RONALD ELLIS WILTSEFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR LANESpecialist Five · June 16, 1968
- GARY ELLIS HOADLEYSergeant · August 3, 1968
- CALVIN LEWISCorporal · January 6, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN BURNSCorporal · February 28, 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.