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ALEXANDER A MONGELLI
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – May 16, 1969
Service recordAlexander A Mongelli, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 25
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 25
- MELVIN THOMAS COWDELLSergeant · May 16, 1969
- ROY WILLIAM DUNBAR JRFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1969
- JOE LYNN FOWLERSpecialist Four · May 16, 1969
- PATRICK ROBERT MCNELISPetty Officer Second Class · May 16, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.