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GEORGE WESLEY MONTGOMERY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 3, 1944 – April 19, 1968
Service recordGeorge Wesley Montgomery, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 51
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 51
- CHARLES J HARRINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1968
- JERRY VERNON MCDONALDPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- JENIES ISAAC MOBLEYSergeant · April 19, 1968
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.