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|name= Jimmie Watters Monteith Jr. |image= Jimmy_Monteith.png |medal= cmoh army.jpg |birth_date= {{Birth date|1917|07|01}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1944|06|06|1917|07|01}} |birth_place= Low Moor, Virginia |death_place= Normandy, France |placeofburial= Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France Plot: Section I, Row 20, Grave 12 |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |caption=Jimmie W. Monteith Jr., circa 1944 |nickname= Punk |allegiance= {{flag|United States of America}} |branch= {{army|USA}} |serviceyears= 1941 - 1944 |rank= First Lieutenant |commands= |unit= Company L, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division |battles= World War II
|awards= Medal of Honor Purple Heart |laterwork= }} Jimmie Watters Monteith Jr. (July 1, 1917 – June 6, 1944) was a United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions in World War II at the D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Early yearsJimmie Watters Monteith Jr. was born on July 1, 1917 in Low Moor, Virginia. His family moved to Richmond, Virginia, when he was nine years old. After elementary school, he attended Thomas Jefferson High School, where he played a year each of varsity football and varsity basketball. Known in high school as "Punk," he graduated in 1937. He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (then known as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, shortened in popular usage to Virginia Polytechnic Institute or simply VPI) for two years, 1937–1939, majoring in mechanical engineering. While at VPI, he was a member of K Battery in the Corps of Cadets and the Richmond Sectional Club. He returned to Richmond at the end of his sophomore year and worked as a field representative for the Cabell Coal Company, where his father was vice president. He was drafted into the army in October 1941 and sent to Camp Croft, South Carolina, for basic training. During basic training, he was promoted to corporal and applied for officer training. He was accepted and sent to Fort Benning, Georgia, completing the course in March 1942, when he was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant. He was then transferred to Fort McClellan, Alabama, where he helped train the 15th Battalion. In February 1943, he was transferred into the 30th Division at Camp Blanding, Florida, to begin training in preparation for being shipped overseas to fight in the war. In April 1943 he was shipped to Algeria, where he joined the 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One). The division moved to Sicily in July 1943, and he received a field promotion to 1st lieutenant during the campaign. The division moved to England in November 1943 to prepare for the Normandy invasion. It was during that D-Day invasion that he was killed. He is buried at the American cemetery in Normandy, Colleville-sur-Mer, Basse-Normandie, France. His grave can be found in section I, row 20, grave 12. Military awards and other honorsFirst Lieutenant Monteith's awards include :
Medal of Honor citationGeneral Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 20 (March 29, 1945) "The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to United States Army for service as set forth in the following CITATION:
/S/ Franklin D. Roosevelt"[1] [2]Posthumous honors
Camp Monteith is a U.S. military base named in honor of Jimmie Monteith, located in Gnjilane, Kosovo.
Monteith Hall at Virginia Tech was built in 1949 and named after alumnus First Lieutenant Jimmie W. Monteith Jr. Jimmie W. Monteith Jr. Amphitheater, Fort McClellan, Alabama Jimmie W. Monteith Jr. Barracks, Furth, Germany Jimmie W. Monteith Jr. Army Reserve Center, McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital Monteith Street - Fort Rucker, AL The bridge at the Low Moor exit of I-64 in Alleghany County, VA is named Jimmie W. Monteith Memorial Bridge. See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Army|World War II}}
ReferencesThis article incorporates text in the public domain from the United States Army.
1. ^{{Cite web |accessdate=November 18, 2013 |url = http://www.history.army.mil/moh/wwII-m-s.html#MONTEITH |title = Medal of Honor recipients |work = World War II (M–S) |publisher= United States Army Center of Military History |date = November 18, 2013}} 2. ^{{Cite web |accessdate=November 18, 2013 |url = http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=2145 |title = Jimmie W. Monteith Jr. |work = Military Times Hall of Valor |publisher= Military Times |date = November 18, 2013}} 3. ^Scott M Guichard, executive director, German Club Alumni Foundation, e-mail message to Clara B. Cox, 7/20/2016, reports that Monteith was NOT a member of the German Club as was previously reported on this site. External links{{Commons category|Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr.|Jimmie W. Monteith Jr.}}
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