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JOHN THOMAS MONTGOMERY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 8, 1949 – April 3, 1969
Service recordJohn Thomas Montgomery, of Newton Falls, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 5
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
- May 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Newton Falls, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 5
- RONALD VENTION HACKERSergeant · April 3, 1969
- LONNIE HILTON HENDRICKSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HUFFLance Corporal · April 3, 1969
- PERRY HENRY JEFFERSONMajor · April 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD VENTION HACKERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 5
- EDWARD FRANCIS MORRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 6
- GENE LEWIS WHITESergeant · Panel 27W, Line 8
From Newton Falls
- DAVID CHARLES TEUTSCHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT BROBSTPrivate First Class · February 15, 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.