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PETER MONGILARDI JR
Commander · U.S. Navy
July 1, 1925 – June 25, 1965
Service recordPeter Mongilardi JR, of Haledon, New Jersey, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 25, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 19
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- CVG 15 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- July 1, 1925
- Home of record
- Haledon, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1965
- Age
- 39
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1965. In June 1965, 146 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 2E, Line 19
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- CLARENCE MATTHEWS NEWCOMBCaptain · June 25, 1965
- ROBERT JOHN SMITHAirman First Class · June 25, 1965
- CHARLES ALTON WILLIAMSONStaff Sergeant · June 25, 1965
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.