Died in Samarra, Iraq on Aug 31, 2005.
From Winston Salem, NC, Monta was 26 years old.
Killed when a makeshift bomb exploded near his military vehicle during security patrol operations in Samarra. [source: Faces of the Fallen]
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(The News & Observer, Sept. 3, 2005)
Winston-Salem man is killed in Iraq while on security patrol
(Winston-Salem Journal, Sept. 3, 2005)