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STEPHEN GRIFFITH MONTAGUE
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 30, 1948 – October 16, 1968
Service recordStephen Griffith Montague, of Redwood City, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 64
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Redwood City, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 64
- HAROLD WARREN BUTTZPrivate · October 15, 1968
- JULIUS CLYDE FAIRCLOTHSergeant · October 15, 1968
- EARNEST LON LOWESergeant First Class · October 15, 1968
- NEIL JAY MORRISPrivate First Class · October 15, 1968
From Redwood City
- RALPH FORRESTER GALVINPrivate · July 29, 1965
- DAVID GEORGE CALLISLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- JOHN NETO RODRIGUESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1966
- PHILIP JEREMIAH SMITHPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
- WALTER ADOLPH WAGNERLance Corporal · June 8, 1967
- MICHAEL GAIL HARVEYWarrant Officer 1 · June 23, 1967
- ALAN MACDONALD STURDYSergeant · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JEROME KOPFERAirman First Class · February 21, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM CLAIRECorporal · February 25, 1968
- RONALD ERNEST INGRAMCorporal · July 6, 1968
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.