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ANTHONY JOSEPH MELLO
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 5, 1949 – June 25, 1968
Service recordAnthony Joseph Mello, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 36
- ANTHONY JOHN MANCUSOCorporal · June 25, 1968
- EDWARD MARZENELL JRSergeant · June 25, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD MORRISCaptain · June 25, 1968
- HENRY LINDSAY PAGE IIISpecialist Five · June 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GREGORY HENRYPrivate · Panel 55W, Line 35
- EDWARD MARZENELL JRSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 36
- LEE ROY DAVID SPROUSECorporal · Panel 55W, Line 39
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.