First Name: Franklin
Last Name: Montgomery
Middle Initial: R
Date of Birth: 04/15/1943
Sex: Male
Martial Status: Married
Number of Children: Yes
Home Town: Bonne Terre, MO
Education Completed: Not Sure
Other Occupations:
Branch of Service: Air Force
Highest Rank: A/2C
Serial Number: N/A
Platoon: N/A
Age at Start of Service: 18
Years of Service: 5 to 10
Combat Veteran: No
Time in Combat: Not Sure
Place of Combat: N/A
Awards:
Date of Suicide: 01/1984
Suicide Method: Don’t know
Veteran’s Story: He had Agent Orange. So many things wrong with him he could’t take the pain any longer. That is a horrible disease. My kids didn’t even know the man that was their father at the end. It can destroy a family. The VA hospitals treated him terribly. They finally made him service connected right before he died but without a pension. My kids still don’t understand and really I don’t either.
Submitted By: Martha Counts
Relationship to Veteran: Friend
