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RONALD M MONTAPERT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 9, 1943 – April 15, 1969
Service recordRonald M Montapert, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 89
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 89
- CLIFFORD GEORGE LABOMBARDPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
- NEAL WALLACE LOVSNES JRMajor · April 15, 1969
- RALPH MAYNARDSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- LARRY PETER TREGRESpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE DAVID RICKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 91
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.