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BURTON CHARLES MONTROSS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 4, 1941 – February 23, 1966
Service recordBurton Charles Montross, of Clarkston, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Clarkston, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 66
- DALMER DOLAN JUREKSergeant First Class · February 23, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCNEESAirman First Class · February 23, 1966
- WINSTON MORRISPrivate · February 23, 1966
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
From Clarkston
- JAMES DEVRIN CARTERWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1968
- DAVID FREEMAN HEADPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS ATKINSON JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- HAROLD LEE MACDONALDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN TAYLORSpecialist Five · September 26, 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.