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Benjamin Ruben Montano
Specialist Four
B CO, 2ND BN, 47TH INFANTRY, 9TH INF DIV, USARV Army of the United States Tucson, Arizona March 26, 1949 to June 25, 1969 (Incident Date May 23, 1969) BENJAMIN R MONTANO is on the Wall at Panel W24, Line 94 |
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He was my cousin who died in Vietnam as did his brother Frankie Montano , a Marine who died near Chu Lai in '67. Ruben came home wounded from a booby-trap incident and died a couple of weeks after he returned. Four of us went and only two returned, my family gave a lot ... and we would do so again!
Your cousin, |
A Note from The Virtual WallSP4 Montano was wounded in action on 23 May 1969 while his unit was operating in Long An Province, south of Saigon; he was the only member of his unit known to have been fatally injured that day. He died on 25 June 1969 of injuries received. Fifteen years later, when the services compiled the initial lists of the men and women whose names would be placed on the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, SP4 Benjamin Ruben Montano was overlooked ... an error not corrected until May of 2001, when his named was engraved on the Wall.His brother, Lance Corporal Francisco A. Montano, appeared on the Wall from its initiation - he was one of eight men from Fox Company, 2/4 Marines, killed in action on 08 April 1967:
"Private First Class Popp's squad was conducting a squad-size patrol against the Viet Cong forces in Quang Nam Province. While moving along a trail in search of the enemy, the squad was suddenly taken under a murderous volume of small-arms, hand grenade and 40 millimeter grenade fire. The heavy volume of fire rained in from three sides, ..." |
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