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MICHAEL J VANGELISTI
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 26, 1947 – April 28, 1970
Service recordMichael J Vangelisti, of Marseilles, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 28, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Marseilles, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1970; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 66
- WILLIE AUSTIN JRSpecialist Four · April 29, 1970
- EDGAR DAVIDSON BERNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1970
- EDWARD JAMES BISHOP JRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1970
- ROBERT SIDNEY BOGGSCorporal · April 29, 1970
From Marseilles
- NORMAN EUGENE TREESTSpecialist Four · July 5, 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.