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ROBERT ALLEN MONTGOMERY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 21, 1947 – April 2, 1967
Service recordRobert Allen Montgomery, of Fall City, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Fall City, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 91
- STEPHEN MICHAEL CARNAHANLance Corporal · April 2, 1967
- LIAM SOUEPH CASEYPrivate First Class · April 2, 1967
- ALFRED KINDELL EVANSSergeant · April 2, 1967
- EARL FAISON JRCorporal · April 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THURMAN ELBY FILLINGIMStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 92
- JOHN RICHARD GREGOIRESpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 92
- JOSEPH LESTER HOCKENBERRYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 92
- PETER ALAN LAMONTSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 93
- KENNETH M THIBAULTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 94
- VANCE GEORGE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 94
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.