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NAME Robert Maurice Montgomery |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER O-13289 |
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| UNIT VMSB-131 Intelligence Officer |
HOME OF RECORD 3919 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Marian Montgomery |
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| DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1919 |
ENTERED SERVICE December, 1940 |
DATE OF LOSS February 1, 1943 reported February 2, 1943 |
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| REGION Solomon Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA New Georgia |
CASUALTY TYPE Missing In Action Declared Dead February 3, 1945 |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Second Lieutenant Robert M. Montgomery was the assistant intelligence officer of VMSB-131. He participated in the campaign for the northern Solomon islands, and on 1 February 1943 he rode as a passenger in TBF-1 01742 to observe an afternoon strike against Japanese ships near Munda. Over the target, the bombers were attacked by a CAP of Japanese fighter planes. Immediately after dropping its payload, TBF-1 01742 was hit, cartwheeled, and slammed into the water. Nobody ever saw the crew – MTSgt. Leon A. Julien (pilot), Private George N. Brown (turret gunner), Private Gerald R. Schroeder (radio), or Lt. Montgomery – alive again. All four Marines were declared dead on 3 February 1945. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Second Lieutenant (posthumous Captain) |
STATUS OF REMAINS Missing in action |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
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