Dabney Montgomery, American pilot, Died at 93

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Dabney N. Montgomery was born on April 18, 1923, in Selma, Alabama, and deid on September 3, 2016.

He was an American pilot and bodyguard.

He went to Lutheran Academy and the Selma University High School.

Dabney Montgomery joined the armed forces in 1943, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen.

He graduated from Livingstone College in 1949 and studied music at the Boston Conservatory.

Dabney Montgomery was a bodyguard for Martin Luther King, Jr. during the march to Montgomery from Selma, Alabama.

He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007.

He died of natural causes.

Dabney Montgomery passed away at 93 years old