Vincent Mondello was born in Chicago in 1923 and completed grammar school there before his family moved to Downers Grove. He graduated from Downers Grove High School in 1940, where he sang and performed in musicals.
After graduation, Vincent worked in a defense plant before joining the Army Air Corps on December 8, 1942. He attained the rank of corporal. His service was cut short when he died from an accidental gunshot wound at a training camp in Mississippi. He is buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.
Corporal Vincent Mondell’s name is engraved on the plaque at Memorial Park in Downers Grove honoring local servicemen who never returned home from World War II.
