Alfred Eugene Montgomery

1921 - 1943  (21 years)

• Name	Alfred Eugene Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	22 Jul 1921	Harlan County, Kentucky, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1930	Harlan County, Kentucky, USA   [4]
  	District 5
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Wythe County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Burial	1943	Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, USA   [5, 6, 7]
  	Shackleford Cemetery
  Death	31 Jan 1943	Messina, Sicilia, Italy   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  Notes	Added by Dan Phelan Advertisement TSgt Alfred E Montgomery Birth 22 Jul 1921 Death 31 Jan 1943 (aged 21) Messina, Città Metropolitana di Messina, Sicilia, Italy Burial North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia Plot Wall of the Missing Memorial ID 56249125 · View Source On January 31, 1943, Montgomery was flight engineer on B-24D #41-11603 named 'Malicious', assigned to the 9th Air Force, 376th Bombardment Group, 513th Bombardment Squadron. Malicious was the lead plane on a combat mission to bomb Messina Harbor in Sicily. Two engines were knocked out of commission by anti-aircraft artillery, but they stayed on their bomb run and hit their target. They were then set upon by German fighter planes and after a running battle, were forced to make a water crash landing into the Tyrrhenian Sea, twenty miles off the coast of Messina, Sicily. Crewmen in other aircraft saw four to six men evacuate the plane into life rafts, but subsequent rescue flights were unable to locate the men. Because his body was never recovered, he's memorialized on the Wall of the Missing. Montgomery was from Lee County, VA. He received the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
  Person ID	I1224	MontyHistNotes_III | William Montgomery d1815 Orange NC
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Elondus Lonnie Montgomery,   b. 12 Dec 1887, Hancock County, Tennessee, USA d. 31 May 1972, Bell, Kentucky, USA (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Birdie Shackelford,   b. 4 Oct 1896, Kentucky, USA d. 15 Jul 1925, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA (Age 28 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1910
  Family ID	F731	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Marriage	Never Married  [9]
  Family ID	F737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 22 Jul 1921 - Harlan County, Kentucky, USA Residence - District 5 - 1930 - Harlan County, Kentucky, USA Burial - 1943 - Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, USA Death - 31 Jan 1943 - Messina, Sicilia, Italy  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Folios

  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

  
  

• Sources

  [S301] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Record for Alfred E Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=KYbirthindex&h=3601671&indiv=try [S194] 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. Record for Alfred E Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=20765122&indiv=try [S337] 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: 1). [S239] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, 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. Record for Elondous Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=81895492&indiv=try [S4] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Alfred E. Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=35351934&indiv=try [S359] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for TSgt Alfred E Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveGlobal&h=3883207&indiv=try [S361] 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. 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 Presbyterian Church) on SR-682 for 1.5 miles just past the homes of Wayne Burgan & Paul Taylor; turn left onto Wayne Burgan's farm. Cemetery cannot be seen from the road and a 4-wheeled drive vehicle is needed to drive up the hill to the cemetery. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56249125/alfred-e-montgomery [S362] National Archives and Records Administration, World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;). Record for Alfred E Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4283&h=100764&indiv=try [S337] 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.