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WILLIAM JOSEPH MONTAGUE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 10, 1942 – February 12, 1970
Service recordWilliam Joseph Montague, of Valley Stream, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 2
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Valley Stream, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 2
- JERRY EUGENE LINEBERRYStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1970
- LARRY HOWARD MORFORDSergeant · February 12, 1970
- DENNIS WAYNE NELSONSergeant · February 12, 1970
- CLIFTON THOMAS SMITHCorporal · February 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CHARLES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 130
- BILLY JAKE SMITHCaptain · Panel 13W, Line 4
From Valley Stream
- RICHARD EDWARD GIDEONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES REITHMANNSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- ALBERT FRANCIS LUPOLI JRSergeant · July 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES SAPORITOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- ANGELO ANDREW PETRAGLIASpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WALSHFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM NELSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- HERBERT HUGH DILGERLieutenant · October 2, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REICHERTCaptain · January 27, 1971
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.