Alfred Eugene Montgomery

1921 - 1943  (21 years)

• Name	Alfred Eugene Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	22 Jul 1921	Harlan, Kentucky, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1930	District 5/Harlan, Kentucky, USA   [5, 6]
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Wythe, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Family Search ID	L2LM-FDY
  Family Search Link	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L2LM-FDY
  Burial	1943	Shackleford Cemetery/Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, USA   [7, 8, 9]
  Death	31 Jan 1943	Messina, Sicilia, Italy   [7, 8, 9, 10]
  Person ID	I51306	Clan Montgomery | William Montgomery d1815 Orange NC
  Last Modified	2 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Elondus Lonnie Montgomery,   b. 12 Sep 1887, Hancock, Tennessee, USA d. 31 May 1972, Bell, Kentucky, USA (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Birdie Shackelford,   b. 4 Oct 1896, Kentucky, USA d. 15 Jul 1925, Fayette, Kentucky, USA (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1910
  Family ID	F15753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Marriage	Never Married/   [4]
  Family ID	F21612	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 May 2018

  
  

• Folios		More Branches of Montgomerys and Longs Section II Pages 17-33 Hugh Montgomery and Rebecca Overton Written by Isla Montgomery CMS # 113 Posted here with courtesy and permission of CMS # 121
  		Branches of Montgomerys and Longs Section 2 Pages 38-55 Hugh Montgomery and Rebecca Overton Hugh Montgomery and Rebecca Overton Written by Isla Montgomery CMS # 113 Posted here with courtesy and permission of CMS # 121

  
  

• Notes

  Added by Dan Phelan TSgt Alfred E Montgomery Birth «tab»22 Jul 1921 Death «tab»31 Jan 1943 (aged 21) Messina, Città Metropolitana di Messina, Sicilia, Italy Burial North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia Plot «tab»Wall of the Missing Memorial ID «tab»56249125 · View Source On January 31, 1943, Montgomery was flight engineer on B-24D #41-1160 3 named 'Malicious', assigned to the 9th Air Force, 376th Bombardmen t Group, 513th Bombardment Squadron. Malicious was the lead plane o n a combat mission to bomb Messina Harbor in Sicily. Two engines wer e knocked out of commission by anti-aircraft artillery, but they staye d on their bomb run and hit their target. They were then set upon by G erman fighter planes and after a running battle, were forced to mak e a water crash landing into the Tyrrhenian Sea, twenty miles off th e coast of Messina, Sicily. Crewmen in other aircraft saw four to si x men evacuate the plane into life rafts, but subsequent rescue flight s were unable to locate the men. Because his body was never recovered, he's memorialized on the Wall o f the Missing. Montgomery was from Lee County, VA. He received the Silver Star, the D istinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1266] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;) (Reliability: 0). Record for Alfred E Montgomery [S2796] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 20 06;) (Reliability: 0). Record for Alfred E Montgomery [S438] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2012;;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Wythe, Elizabeth City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4259; Page: 59A; Enumeration District: 28-18 (Reliability: 0). Record for Alfred E Montgomery [S1263] Montgomery, Isla Awyn, Branches of Montgomerys and Longs, (Name: Location: Denver, Colorado, USA; Date: 1980;;), Section 2 Pages 38-55 Hugh Montgomery and Rebecca Overton (Reliability: 3). [S914] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: District 5, Harlan, Kentucky; Roll: 749;Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0025; Image: 628.0; FHL microfilm:2340484 (Reliability: 0). Record for Elondous Montgomery [S2447] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; D ate: 2002;;), Year: 1930; Census Place: District 5, Harlan, Kentucky; Roll: 749; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0025; Image: 628.0; FHL microfilm: 2340484 (Reliability: 0). Record for Elondous Montgomery [S815] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;) (Reliability: 0). Record for Alfred E. Montgomery [S2855] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and othe r Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2 012;) (Reliability: 0). Record for TSgt Alfred E Montgomery [S2852] Shackleford Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, USA;), Montgomery, Alfred Eugene Memorial #56249125 Plot: Wall of the Missing Accessed KRM 6 May 2018 3:02pm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56249125/alfred-e-montgomery (Reliability: 0). Shackleford Cemetery Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia, USA https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2426132/shackleford-cemetery From Rose Hill, go west on US-58 for 2 miles; turn left (at Presbyteri an Church) on SR-682 for 1.5 miles just past the homes of Wayne Burga n & Paul Taylor; turn left onto Wayne Burgan's farm. Cemetery cannot b e seen from the road and a 4-wheeled drive vehicle is needed to driv e up the hill to the cemetery. [S2856] National Archives and Records Administration, World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 200 0;) (Reliability: 0). Record for Alfred E Montgomery