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CHARLES PAUL MONTROSS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1950 – February 11, 1971
Service recordCharles Paul Montross, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 96
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armament Repairer (45K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Warminster, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 96
- CLYDE WENDELL HANSONTechnical Sergeant · February 11, 1971
- ROY LEE HELBERTCorporal · February 11, 1971
- GEORGE GLENN HUTSONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1971
- MICHAEL DONALD MCGOVERNCaptain · February 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ALLEN BARGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 94
- RAYMOND FRANK CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 94
- GEORGE GLENN HUTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 96
- LUCIO JON REISSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 97
From Warminster
- ROBERT HAROLD SMITHSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES BARRHospitalman · July 16, 1968
- CHARLES CARTER MEYERSPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- NELSON CHARLES LUTHERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- JAMES PAUL MARKEY JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1971
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.