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CHRISTOPHER MITCHELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 12, 1948 – February 7, 1969
Service recordChristopher Mitchell, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 80
- LINWOOD RAY CUMBOPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- DONALD KENT MCLEANSergeant · February 7, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- RUSSELL EUGENE MOKEFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY DALE FARROSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 78
- ORVILLE EDWARD HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 78
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.