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ROBERT EMILIO MONTOYA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1941 – December 16, 1965
Service recordRobert Emilio Montoya, of Mancos, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 17
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Born
- December 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Mancos, Colorado (Montezuma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 17
- JAMES WILLIAM GREYSergeant · December 15, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- JOHNNIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- GERARD GEORGE SCHNITGERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
From Mancos
- ROBERT MORGAN LIDDELLMaster Sergeant · April 1, 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.