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DENNIS EDWARD MONTAGUE
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
December 9, 1942 – January 4, 1968
Service recordDennis Edward Montague, of Olean, New York, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 4, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 39
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1105)
- Born
- December 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Olean, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 39
- BOBBY FOSTER HOLMANWarrant Officer 1 · January 4, 1968
- THOMAS MCCRAYCorporal · January 4, 1968
- MICHAEL FREDERICK MEYHOFFPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIS MINNICH JRLieutenant Commander · January 4, 1968
From Olean
- EDWIN RILEY GOODRICH JRLieutenant Colonel · March 12, 1967
- DANIEL BENEDICT HENRYPetty Officer First Class · January 31, 1968
- JOHN GODFREY JRFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1968
- CHARLES VAUGHN DUPRESpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- DONALD GERALD BAILEYCorporal · January 11, 1972
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.