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MARK ELDREDGE MELLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 28, 1948 – May 30, 1968
Service recordMark Eldredge Mellor, of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- East Greenwich, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 18
- GREGORY RANDOLPH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- APIMENIO LARASergeant · May 30, 1968
- GEORGE FRANCIS LONGPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- ALPHONSE JOSEPH MACCHIONICorporal · May 30, 1968
From East Greenwich
- CHARLES L CALLAHAN IIIWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1968
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.