Rufus Ford Montgall was born on July 20, 1887. He was the son of William H. and Sarah E. He entered the military service in Missouri. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Captain in the Quartermaster Corps. He was Killed in Action on May 30, 1918 and is now buried in Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France. A cenotaph built for him is located in Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA. A plaque embedded reads as:
CAPT. RUFUS F. MONTGALL
QUARTERMASTER RESERVE CORPS
1st DIVISION, A.E.F.
KILLED NEAR BONVILIERS, NORTHERN FRANCE
WHILE IN ACTIVE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY
AT REST, GRAVE 14, ROW 14, BLOCK C
U.S. MILITARY CEMETERY
SOMME AMERICAN, BONY, AISNE, FRANCE

More information from Lumber World Review, Vol 34, 1918 [June 25]-Tribute to the Late Capt. R.F. Mongall.:
Captain Rufus F. Montgall, age 31, formerly connected with the American Sash & Door Co., of Kansas City, Mo., and a member of General Pershing's staff on the French front, was killed by a bomb dropped from an aeroplane just before midnight on the evening of Memorial Day, May 30. Captain Montgall, with Col. Bertrand T. Clayton and Captain Harry A. Bullock, were occupied at their headquarters in a abandoned chateau, miles behind the fighting line, when an aeroplane dropped a bomb on the chateau and killed the three men, all of whom were associated with the quartermaster's department, Col. Clayton being division quartermaster.