CW4 Michael P. Montgomery

26 October 2009, Afghanistan

160th SOAR

A native of Redmond, Washington, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael P. Montgomery was killed on 26 October 2009 when the MH-47 Chinook he was flying crashed during a combat operation in Darreh-Ye Bum, Afghanistan.

Montgomery enlisted in the Washington Army National Guard in October 1991. He graduated from flight school at Fort Rucker, Alabama in 1996 and was assigned to 1st Battalion, 185th Aviation Regiment and 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, Camp Murray, Washington. In 2004 he served at the Western Army National Guard Training Site, Marana, Arizona, as a Senior Instructor Pilot and Instrument Flight Examiner. In 2006, he completed Green Platoon and was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.

CW4 Montgomery was supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at the time of his death.