GREEN BERETS Montez, Anastacio

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Montez ​

• FORENAME

Anastacio ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Company B,Det B-20) (2 M.S.F.C.)​

• RANK

Sergeant First Class ​

• NUMBER

56125528 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

24th May 1969 ​

• AGE

39 ​

• GRAVESITE

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Presidio,Texas​

born 24.11.1929 Leon Valley,Texas​

husband of Franziska (nee Sailer) Montez (1917-94)​

16 years military service​

entered service 1952​

basic and Airborne training,Fort Benning,Georgia​

101st Airborne Division 1955-57​

served Korean War​

Special Forces 1960​

1 SF Group 1960-62​

10 SF Group 1962-64​

5 SF Group (HQ and HQ Company) 1968-69​

5 SF Group (Company B,Det B-55) (5 MSFC)1969​

5 SF Group (Company B,Det B-20) (2 MSFC) 1969​

on his 3rd tour of Vietnam with 5 SF Group​

awards Silver Star (posthumous),Bronze Star with V with oak leaf cluster,Army Commendation Medal with V with 2 oak leaf clusters​

KIA Hill 668,SE of A-244,Ben Het,Kontum Province,South Vietnam​

body not recovered​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 24W Line 96 ​

Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Midland,Texas ​

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