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PAUL JOHN MONGILLO
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 22, 1933 – December 17, 1967
Service recordPaul John Mongillo, of Riverside, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 17, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 22, 1933
- Home of record
- Riverside, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1967. In December 1967, 937 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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 32E, Line 15
- MARTIN GERARD MCDONNELLCorporal · December 17, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- BARRY LEE RUNYONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1967
- MARVIN SMITHCorporal · December 17, 1967
From Riverside
- GEORGE GUY CAPPARELLIPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- GREGORY STANLEY KOWALESKISergeant · May 20, 1968
- STEPHEN BRIAN MURRAYPrivate First Class · March 3, 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.