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ANDREW C MITCHELL III
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 12, 1928 – April 8, 1963
Service recordAndrew C Mitchell III, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 8, 1963, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 12, 1928
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1963
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1963; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1963, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 20
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- FLOYD ROBERT DAVISPrivate First Class · March 21, 1963
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
From Mobile
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
- ARTHUR BENJAMIN SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.