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Revision as of 01:23, 4 March 2006 by MarshallBagramyan (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Monte Melkonian (November 25, 1957 – June 12,1993) was a famed Armenian military commander in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. He is credited for the major military victories against Azerbaijan from 1992-1993. 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 built up his experience 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 second Israeli invasion of Lebanon and was a member of the Armenian terrorist group ASALA. Throughout this tenure, Monte had several aliases including "Abu Sindi", "Saro", "Timothy Sean McCormack" and "Commander Avo"; the latter of which was the name addressed by troops under his command.
Monte was born on November 25, 1957, to Charlie and Zabelle Melkonian to Charlie and Zabelle Melkonian in the small California town of Visalia. He was their second son and had two sisters.
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