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ROGER ELLIS MONTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1948 – May 19, 1968
Service recordRoger Ellis Montz, of Town Of Tonawanda, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Town Of Tonawanda, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 12
- JIMMY JAY JONESPrivate · May 19, 1968
- CARSON MILO KINGPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- DAVID GRANT KIRKHospitalman · May 19, 1968
- WALTER BENJAMIN KRUPSKICorporal · May 19, 1968
From Town Of Tonawanda
- DAVID ALLEN PEARSONFireman · July 23, 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.