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THOMAS ANGELO MANGINO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 16, 1944 – April 21, 1967
Service recordThomas Angelo Mangino, of Alliance, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 21, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 61
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Alliance, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 21, 1967
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18E, Line 61
- LANNY RAY KRAGELance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- GERALD MICHAEL KRYSTOSZEKPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WAYNE MARTINIPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- JIMMY MERYL MULLINSLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ALFRED HASENBECKStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 60
- DANIEL RUSSELL NIDDSStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 62
- DAVID MARSHALL WINTERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 66
From Alliance
- LEE CELIN WAGNER JRFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM GENE MAIN JRSpecialist Four · July 28, 1966
- LARRY LAMARR DEANStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES WAHLSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- DAVID HUGH WYRICKLieutenant · March 18, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD HUNT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- ALVIS RAY FAVERTY JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 18, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE WOODSergeant · February 20, 1970
- ROBERT BRUCE MICHALKSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
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.