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WILLIAM JOHN MONTGOMERY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1945 – May 5, 1964
Service recordWilliam John Montgomery, of Leupp, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Leupp, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1964
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1964. In May 1964, 15 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 51
- CLAIR DUANE DOTYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1964
- GEORGE RICHARD GRAHAMWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1964
- CARL WAYNE GRIMESPrivate First Class · May 5, 1964
- COURTNEY PRICE HOLLAR JRMajor · May 5, 1964
From Leupp
- BENNY LEO HUSKONSpecialist Four · June 7, 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.