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SIGIFREDO MONTALVO JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 11, 1945 – May 7, 1968
Service recordSigifredo Montalvo JR, of San Benito, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 11, 1945
- Home of record
- San Benito, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 27
- WARREN MICHAEL KIRSCHSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- ARTHUR MANOSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- CARL JOHN MARINOPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- BILLY EUGENE MYERSSergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ISIDRO BRICENO JIMENEZPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 26
- RICK HAROLD FOSBURGStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 28
- BERLIN ROBERT SHUMATESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 31
- JOHN R THORNHILL IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 32
From San Benito
- ROBERT ARNOLD CORKILLLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- ANTONIO MORADOPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- RODOLFO VILLAFRANCOSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- DONALD RAY ALLENLance Corporal · April 19, 1968
- ALBERTO L PEREZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- ROSS OWEN BARLOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 20, 1968
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZCorporal · July 17, 1968
- TIMOTEO MUNOZ SANTIAGO JRCorporal · November 5, 1968
- ROLANDO G VILLARREALStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1969
- JULIAN ROBLES RODRIGUEZSergeant · January 6, 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.