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WILLIAM LEE MENCONI
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1944 – May 11, 1968
Service recordWilliam Lee Menconi, of Central Falls, Rhode Island, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 23
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Central Falls, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 23
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- GEORGE GERALD KOKOSHPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
- REECE LESLIE MARPLEStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
- BOBBY JOE MARTINEZSergeant · May 11, 1968
From Central Falls
- WILLIAM THOMAS CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · April 10, 1964
- ALBERT GABRIEL ANTERPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY JOURDENAISMajor · April 1, 1967
- FRANCIS JOHN THIBEAULTPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JOSEPH PETER MISIASZEKPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- PATRICK MICHAEL FARLEYCorporal · October 1, 1968
- ALBERT WILLIAM HASLAMSpecialist Four · March 15, 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.