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FREDRIC MOORE MELLOR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
April 5, 1935 – August 13, 1965
Service recordFredric Moore Mellor, of Cranston, Rhode Island, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on August 13, 1965, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 52
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1323D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 363 TFW
- Born
- April 5, 1935
- Home of record
- Cranston, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 13, 1965
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 52
- GEORGE HAROLD NORTONCaptain · August 13, 1965
- HARRY EUGENE THOMASCommander · August 13, 1965
- JERRY WAYNE TOONAirman Second Class · August 13, 1965
- OVID KEITH WIGGINSChief Master Sergeant · August 14, 1965
From Cranston
- EDWARD BRENDAN SHAWLieutenant (junior grade) · September 5, 1965
- GEORGE JACOB MACKPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- FRANK MAYNARD GARDNERLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- JAMES HERBERT EDWARDSSpecialist Five · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH P KRAMERSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- ANTHONY JOHN SIVOPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- KEVIN CARROLL HANLEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- DANNY VINSON SCURFIELDSergeant · October 14, 1968
- CARMEN DECUBELLIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES REILLYWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1970
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.