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CHARLIE HOWARD MITCHELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 7, 1949 – September 16, 1969
Service recordCharlie Howard Mitchell, of Jolo, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 95
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Jolo, West Virginia (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 95
- JACK HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · September 16, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH KALENCaptain · September 16, 1969
- HARRY FRANK LALONDE JRSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
- WALTER BEDFORD LOWE JRStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1969
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.