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EDDIE MONTGOMERY JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 15, 1944 – May 19, 1969
Service recordEddie Montgomery JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 55
- DONALD LYNN KELLYFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1969
- TIMOTHY KIM LECLAIRFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1969
- KENNETH ALAN PAVANSergeant · May 19, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES TREIBLECorporal · May 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOEL WAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 53
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.