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A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967.
A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, DASPO, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Angelo Francis Michelli.

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ANGELO FRANCIS MICHELLI

Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army

October 26, 1927 – May 3, 1966

Service record

Angelo Francis Michelli, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7E · Line 20

Position of Panel 7E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant First Class (SFC)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
Unit (as recorded)
SPECIAL FORCES
Born
October 26, 1927
Home of record
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 3, 1966
Age
38
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 7E, Line 20

From Philadelphia

All 622 names from Philadelphia →

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.