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WILLIAM ANDREW MONTANO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 7, 1951 – November 19, 1970
Service recordWilliam Andrew Montano, of Deer Park, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 71
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Deer Park, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 71
- BRUCE CHARLES HALBACHSergeant · November 19, 1970
- FRANKLIN ALVIN HAMMChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1970
- THOMAS LELAND OSTEEN JRCorporal · November 19, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PERRYMANSpecialist Five · November 19, 1970
From Deer Park
- FRANK ANDREW GAGLIARDOSergeant · October 30, 1965
- GEORGE BERNARD HESSEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS RICCIARDOSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- FRANK CARL AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER LACKNERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD KANECorporal · August 9, 1969
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.