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MICHAEL MALLORY MONTGOMERY
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 17, 1948 – May 5, 1968
Service recordMichael Mallory Montgomery, of Visalia, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 77 ARTY 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Visalia, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 36 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 1 BN 77 ARTY 1 CAV DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 27
- JOSEPH ROBERT CLIN PIERCELance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- ELBERT DARRELL POFFSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- MILTON PHILLIP POTIERCorporal · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALLEN HAEFNERCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 16
From Visalia
- DANNY DAVID DYESpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- ALONZO DALE WOODSSergeant · May 2, 1967
- REYNALDO B FLOREZPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
- ROGER GORDON LEADBETTERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- JAMES LOUIS KELLERStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · April 23, 1968
- PHILLIP SHERMAN MOHNIKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1969
- CHARLES BENNY HIGHTPrivate · May 1, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT WARFSpecialist Four · January 3, 1970
- FLOYD DANIEL WIMERSergeant · January 27, 1970
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.