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CHRIS ANTHONY MITCHELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1949 – May 5, 1970
Service recordChris Anthony Mitchell JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 104
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (31L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 15, 1949
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 104
- TSCHANN SCOTT MASHBURNCaptain · May 5, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL MCDONALDWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1970
- GREEN EDWARD MILLER JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
- RODNEY KENNETH MILLSStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP CURTIS ADAMSPrivate · Panel 11W, Line 99
- HORACE ANDREWSSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 99
- JIMMY LEE THOMPSONPrivate · Panel 11W, Line 107
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.