BARNEY DEAN MONTOYA

Officer Rank: Police Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 63-E: 28
Department: Gallup, New Mexico, P.D.
End of Watch: September 4, 1977
Cause: AUTO
Age: 39
Years of Service: 18
Description: Sergeant Montoya died in an automobile crash when his vehicle was struck broadside by a drunk driver who drove through a stop sign. Sergeant Montoya was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The suspect was arrested and convicted of manslaughter, homicide by vehicle.
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