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ROBERT GONZALES MONTOYA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 26, 1947 – October 1, 1967
Service recordRobert Gonzales Montoya, of Ruidoso, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Ruidoso, New Mexico (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 37
- PATRICK JOSEPH BROPHYCaptain · October 1, 1967
- AUBREY G PARKPrivate First Class · October 1, 1967
- ROBERT VINCENT SIPELance Corporal · October 1, 1967
- BILLY LEE SNIPESPrivate First Class · October 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK JOSEPH BROPHYCaptain · Panel 27E, Line 37
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.