The Wall › Panel 11W › Texas › Rosendo Montana
ROSENDO MONTANA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 11, 1943 – April 15, 1970
Service recordRosendo Montana, of Big Spring, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 8
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Big Spring, Texas (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1970; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 8
- JOHN THOMAS LANKASTER JRSergeant · April 15, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM LINDEMANNSpecialist Four · April 15, 1970
- CHARLES LE ROY MERRILL JRSpecialist Four · April 15, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES MUSSINSergeant · April 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEWIS BARTHELME JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 5
- HERNDON ARRINGTON BIVENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 5
- LARRY RAY SLAGLESpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 10
From Big Spring
- AUGUSTIN CHAVEZ PAREDEZSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LEWIS MCCOY THOMASPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- INZAR WILLIAM RACKLEY JRLieutenant Colonel · October 18, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN SPANGLERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- EDDIE DEAN HOLLANDSWORTHPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- WALTER ROGERS BLALOCKSergeant · March 6, 1967
- GENE VAUGHNLance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · November 22, 1967
- ISMAEL HOLGUINSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · April 22, 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.