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CRAIG WESLEY MITCHELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 10, 1947 – May 11, 1968
Service recordCraig Wesley Mitchell, of El Dorado, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 31 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- February 10, 1947
- Home of record
- El Dorado, Kansas (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 31 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 24
- JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKISpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- JOHN TERRY MOORE JRSergeant · May 11, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MUELLERSergeant · May 11, 1968
- WILLIAM ERNEST PASCHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEROY FRANK VALDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 25
- EARL WOODSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 28
From El Dorado
- JAMES EARL TURNERSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ALAN WHITEStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1969
- KENNETH DUANE JOHNSONCorporal · August 23, 1969
- STANLEY DEAN CALVINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- WALTER LEE TAYLOR JRSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- LENTON EUGENE MIZERWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- GLEN JOHNSON TALIAFERROFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1971
- STEVEN DALE HOWARDCaptain · October 31, 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.