Montandon, Rick Lee

Also known as: LTC, COMPANY B, WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER WARRIOR TRANSITION UNIT, BETHESDA, MD

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedMarch 28, 2017

Age45 years old

Location of DeathVIENNA, UNITED STATES

Cause of DeathKilled in action from wounds sustained in a combat-related event

Conflict Operation Inherent Resolve

Lieutenant Colonel Rick Lee Montandon, 45, of Hutchinson, Kansas, was a U.S. Army officer assigned to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Warrior Transition Unit. He was killed in action on March 28, 2017, in Vienna, United States, while de

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Lieutenant Colonel Rick Lee Montandon was a 45-year-old U.S. Army officer from Hutchinson, Kansas. At the time of his death, he was assigned to Company B of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Warrior Transition Unit in Bethesda, Maryland, a unit designed to support soldiers recovering from illness or injury.

Montandon was killed in action on March 28, 2017, in Vienna, United States. According to the Department of Defense, he died from wounds sustained while engaged in operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The specific incident was described as a combat-related event.

Operation Inherent Resolve is the U.S. military's operational name for the intervention against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The campaign, which began in August 2014, involves coalition airstrikes, advising and assisting local ground forces, and conducting special operations. The mission's stated objective is to degrade and defeat ISIS.

Following his death, the Department of Defense issued a formal casualty announcement. Montandon was one of 107 American service members killed during Operation Inherent Resolve as of that date, according to official casualty reports.

Montandon's name is recorded on memorials honoring fallen service members from Operation Inherent Resolve. His death is documented in official military casualty lists and by organizations tracking wartime losses.