Men and women of Montgomery County served in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Vietnam War. Among the honored dead were Albion Joe Bergantzel, killed in action on 28 Feb 1971; Dannie Leon Bird, killed in action on 14 Jan 1969; Laurent Lee Gourley, missing in action on 9 Aug 1969; Thomas Leroy Pollard, killed in action on 19 Aug 1968; Donald Eugene Powles, killed in action on 13 Sep 1968; and Gerald Dean Ziehe, killed in action on 21 Oct 1968.