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EDWARD THOMAS MELLO JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1944 – April 19, 1968
Service recordEdward Thomas Mello JR, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 50
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Falmouth, Massachusetts (Barnstable County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 50
- WALTER FRANCIS E MATIS JRSergeant · April 19, 1968
- GILBERT MENDOZAPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- JANIS MICULSSpecialist Five · April 19, 1968
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES C BEARDPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 44
- DAVID KIM DEETERPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 45
- KEVEN THOMAS DIREENPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 46
- WILLFORD LEON DYERStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 46
- JUAN GOMEZ-RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 47
- DENNIS RAY HARTPENCEPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 48
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 49
- JERRY VERNON MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 51
- JENIES ISAAC MOBLEYSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 51
- TOMMY LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 3
- RUSSELL LEE THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 3
- FREDDIE WHITAKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 4
From Falmouth
- EUGENE FRANCIS ROBINSONFirst Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- BERNARD EDWARD STJEANCorporal · December 21, 1966
- JOHN B BURGESSPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBRECHTPetty Officer First Class · August 2, 1968
- ANTHONY EDWARD KUPKASecond Lieutenant · April 16, 1969
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.