MONTGOMERY WILLIAM G

CW3 William "Monty" G Montgomery was a VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 12/07/1995 at the age of 56.5 from Liver cancer
Lawton, OK
Flight Classes 66-11 and 66-9
Date of Birth 06/15/1939
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with 176 AHC in 66-67, 281 AHC in 67, 273 HHC in 69-70, 5 SF GRP in 70
Call signs in Vietnam WOLFPACK, SUPERHOOK
This information was provided by Judy Montgomery (wife)

More detail on this person: Retired CW3 William "Monty" Montgomery of Lawton OK, died Dec 7 1995 of liver cancer. He was a life member of the VHPA and a graduate of Flight Class 66-9. Monty served with the 176th AHC and 281st AHC during his first tour in RVN 1966-67. During his second tour in 1969 - 70 he was an instructor pilot with the 273rd Aviation Co. (Skycranes) at Long Binh.

Bill retired from the Army in May 1978 and was employed with PHI until he was grounded due to diabetes, at which time he and Judy traveled around the US for several years then he went back to work as an instructor in the flight simulator at Fort Sill for many years.

He was a member of Special Forces Assn, American Legion, TROA and VHPA. He is survived by his wife Judy who is still residing in Lawton OK.

From: Judy Montgomery

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024