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LEE EDWARD MONTAG
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 15, 1947 – September 5, 1969
Service recordLee Edward Montag, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 41
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 41
- MICHAEL LEWIS LITSEYCorporal · September 5, 1969
- TERRY DEAN MASONSeaman · September 5, 1969
- JAMES LEE MOORECorporal · September 5, 1969
- ARTHUR EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL GARY BECKPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 36
- JERRY BRYANTSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 37
- LOUIS SCOTT DIBARISpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 37
- JACKIE LEE GOODNIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 38
- GARY CURTIS HARWELLCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 39
- RICHARD RAMSEL HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 39
- JOHN KUULEI KAUHAIHAOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 40
- RAY WARREN PURIFOYStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 42
- DELBERT RAY SMITHSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 43
- JOHNNY DELBERT SWANNSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 44
- RONALD CRAIG VLIEKSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 44
- DENNIS RUSSELL WARTCHOWSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 45
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 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.