Name: Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael P. Montgomery Age: 36 From: Savannah, Ga. Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., Incident: Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael P. Montgomery died Oct. 26 of wounds suffered when the MH-47 helicopter he was aboard crashed in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan. Also killed were Sgt. 1st Class David E. Metzger, Staff Sgt. Keith R. Bishop, Chief Warrant Officer Niall Lyons, Staff Sgt. Shawn H. McNabb, Sgt. Josue E. Hernandez Chavez and Sgt. Nickolas A. Mueller. Died:
October
26, 2009 DoD IDs soldiers killed in Afghanistan crash
Staff report
The Defense Department has identified the seven special operations soldiers killed Oct. 26 when their MH-47 helicopter crashed in Badghis province in western Afghanistan.
Two of the soldiers were from 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group of Fort Bragg, N.C., and five were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment of Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.
Also killed in the crash were three agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Low visibility has been blamed for the crash, which happened about 3:30 a.m. when the soldiers and federal agents lifted off in the helicopter after an operation to disrupt arms smuggling and drug trafficking in the Darreh-ye Bum Village in Qadis District, according to information from the International Security Assistance Force.
Thick dust stirred up from the initial takeoff overwhelmed the...
Prayers & Condolences For: Michael P. Montgomery BY Anonymous on Dec 29, 2009
Michael,
It was enough for me to know you had a beautiful family and successful military career, but knowing that you're gone...I can't cry hard enough. I will miss you with all my heart.
Prayers & Condolences For: Michael P. Montgomery BY Anonymous on Dec 28, 2009
Michael,I will never forget our times at Ft. Mother Rucker and Panama City with the boys. May god be with you and your family. You are among your warrior buddies now along with my son Dan who was killed in Basra Iraq this last July.Scouts Out,Charles
Prayers & Condolences For: Michael P. Montgomery BY John on Nov 01, 2009
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.