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WILLIAM EUGENE MONTGOMERY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – August 9, 1965
Service recordWilliam Eugene Montgomery, of Healdsburg, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Healdsburg, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 49
- RICHARD LEE GOUDYCaptain · August 9, 1965
- JERRY ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 9, 1965
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN CASTONCaptain · August 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 49
From Healdsburg
- CLINTON RUSSELL ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1966
- ROBERT EDWIN RUONAVAARAAirman First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM DEWEY THOMPSON JRPetty Officer Second Class · December 15, 1967
- DONALD HUSTON COLEMANStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1968
- THOMAS MILES PHILLIPSCorporal · September 13, 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.