Monte Melkonian

National Hero of Armenia

Monte Melkonian (born November 25, 1957June 12, 1993) was an American-Armenian military commander. in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. He is largely known for major military victories against Azerbaijan from the late autumn of 1992, . Melkonian had no prior service record in any country's army before being placed in command of an estimated 4,000 men in the war. He had largely built his military education beginning from the late 1970s and 1980s where he fought against the various splintering factions in the Lebanese Civil War, against Israeli troops in the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and was a member of the Armenian terror organization ASALA.

Monte Melkonian
2008 postal card honoring Melkonian
Born(1957-11-25)November 25, 1957
Visalia, California, United States
DiedJune 12, 1993(1993-06-12) (aged 35)
Merzili, Agdam District, Azerbaijan
Buried atYerablur
Allegiance ASALA
 Nagorno-Karabakh
Service/branch Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army
Years of service1979–1993
RankLieutenant Colonel
Commands heldMartuni Detachment
Battles/warsIranian Revolution
Lebanese Civil War
1982 Lebanon War
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
AwardsNational Hero of Armenia
RelationsMarkar Melkonian (brother)
Other workThe Right to Struggle (selected writings printed posthumously in 1993)

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