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CHARLES IRVIN MITCHELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1948 – November 21, 1969
Service recordCharles Irvin Mitchell, of Kewanee, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 107
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Kewanee, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 107
- ADOLPHUS HALL JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- JAMES THURSTON SMOAK JRCorporal · November 21, 1969
- JOHNNY WILLIAM TRAINHAMSergeant · November 21, 1969
- ANTHONY A VIRBICKASCorporal · November 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLELLANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 105
From Kewanee
- DONALD EUGENE JONESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JAMES LAYMAN VERHELSTLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WERDERMANLance Corporal · June 18, 1967
- DAN E BRYANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- WARREN ROBERT ORR JRCaptain · May 12, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH RAPCZAKSergeant · May 23, 1968
- ALLAN CAMERON BENSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- RODNEY ROBERT ROGERSHospitalman · January 9, 1970
- ALAN CHARLES DECRAENEFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- WILLIAM MARSHALL PRICEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1972
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.