Name:
Arthur L. Mello
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
6911th Radio Group Mobile
Date of Death:
1958-09-02
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virg
Plot:
Section 34
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
TSgt. Mello had served in the Air Force since 1945. During the Cold War, he was an Airborne Maintenance Technician serving with the 6911th Radio Group Mobile at Rhein-Main Airbase, Germany. He was a crewman aboard a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft from the 7406th Support Squadron, a C-130, tail number 60528. His aircraft was shot down by Soviet MiG-17s over Soviet Armenia on 2 September 1958. He and 16 other men were killed in the subsequent crash.