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Remembering Veterans – One Family’s Legacy
By Ron Montonye - Pierce County Veterans Service Officer | Dec 19, 2020
Richard Morris Monger was born in Rugby on June 14, 1919. He attended the local schools, graduating from Rugby High School in 1937. On May 12, 1941, Richard was inducted into the U.S. Army and assigned to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Early in 1942 he was transferred to the medical detachment of the 162nd Infantry. Later in 1942 he went with this division to Australia and about a year later went to New Guinea. On July 30, 1943, Richard was killed in action while he was administering aid to a fallen comrade. His remains were initially interred in New Guinea in the United States Armed Forces Cemetery, Finschhafen. His body was later returned to the United States and reinterred at Priscilla Watts Cemetery in Rugby. Private Monger was the first man from the city of Rugby to lose his life in action during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the S
his quick and automatic action is being talked about all over the world. seaman was wounded as he tackled the young shooter at noblesville west middle school. a witness says seaman first threw a basketball at him to disarm him. students who watched the horror unfold are also calling him a hero. it s pretty scary. i ve done a lot of thinking. i m still trying to really understand what happened. i ll still trying to process it. he s a hero. if he didn t do anything, he probably would have continued shooting and a lot more of us would have been injured and possibly killed. cnn correspondent diane gallagher is following this story. that teacher put his life on the line to protect his students. how is he doing now? the good news is, ryan, that he is recovering. he s in the hospital, according to a facebook post from his mother, 29-year-old jason seaman was shot three different times, in the chest sorry, in the abdomen, in the hip and in the forearm. but he is recovering.