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CHARLES EMMETT MITCHAM
Fireman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
September 4, 1943 – November 4, 1966
Service recordCharles Emmett Mitcham, of Houston, Texas, served as a Fireman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 4, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 23
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman Apprentice (FA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician's Mate (EM)
- Born
- September 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 23
- CARMEN PAUL CARTONIAPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- TITUS MCKINNON JRPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- LESLIE DON MOSESSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- ROBERT BENJAMIN NASSERSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.