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MICHAEL OWEN MELLON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1948 – August 26, 1968
Service recordMichael Owen Mellon, of New Berlin, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- New Berlin, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 31
- RALPH WILLIAM MANNERSFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
- BRUCE MAYO MCCLELLANSpecialist Five · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT J MORRISPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- PETER PATRICK MURNER JRSecond Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
From New Berlin
- JAMES WILLIAMS WASHKUHNLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT JANKASpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH CARRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES TOMCZAKSergeant · July 23, 1968
- ALEC HENRY HORNPrivate First Class · January 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.