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MICHAEL ANTHONY MANGIOLARDO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1946 – January 31, 1968
Service recordMichael Anthony Mangiolardo, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 31
- MICHAEL ALAN POGUEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES FRANK PORTERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK PREZIOSISergeant · January 31, 1968
- DONALD M RADICSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 23
- RICHARD EDWARD OCONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 29
From Reading
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RICHARD BROWN HEYDTMajor · March 11, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
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.