Robert J Montgomery Jr in Scottsburg IN United States

Name: Army Sgt. Robert J. Montgomery Jr.

Age: 29

From: Scottsburg, Ind.

Assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska

Incident: Army Sgt. Robert J. Montgomery Jr. died May 22 in Jabour, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit.

Died:
May
22, 2007

Family of Scottsburg soldier informed of his death in Iraq

The Associated Press

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. — A 29-year-old soldier from southern Indiana was killed in Iraq, his family said.

An army chaplain informed Gail Bond early May 23 that her son, Sgt. Joe Montgomery, 29, died May 22 while on a mission in Baghdad dealing with underground explosives, Bond said.

“Joe stepped on a wire that triggered an explosion and he was killed instantly,” Montgomery’s uncle, Bill Graham, told Louisville, Ky.’s WHAS-TV.

Montgomery leaves behind a wife and three children, who live at Fort Richardson in Alaska. A brother, Micah, is also in Iraq with the Army.

The family was planning a funeral and burial in Scottsburg.

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