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DANIEL LEE MITCHELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1948 – August 1, 1970
Service recordDaniel Lee Mitchell, of Ballwin, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 75
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Ballwin, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 75
- FRANK IMRE KRAXNERCaptain · August 1, 1970
- LARRY JOE MALATESTASpecialist Four · August 1, 1970
- RAYMOND MARCINE MANINGERLance Corporal · August 1, 1970
- JON HARRIS NORDQUISTSpecialist Four · August 1, 1970
From Ballwin
- CHARLES MICHAEL SWAIMPrivate First Class · February 10, 1967
- GREGORY BERT JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE FOSTERSergeant · May 13, 1969
- RANDOLPH BOTHWELL SUBERSergeant First Class · November 13, 1969
- THOMAS WELCH SHEAFirst Sergeant · August 7, 1970
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.