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ALEX LOUIS MITCHELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 19, 1946 – October 5, 1968
Service recordAlex Louis Mitchell, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Components Repair Apprentice (68A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 12
- ROBERT JAMES GOODMANPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE HOPKINSSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- JOHNNY WILLIAM HUMPHREYSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- AUBREY EUGENE JACOBS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LEE HOPKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 12
- RONALD JAMES REDENIUSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 41W, Line 15
- EDWARD OTTO WEIMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 41W, Line 16
- CHARLES WATSON WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 17
- DAVID WALTER WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 17
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.