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DARNELL MISTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 31, 1949 – December 2, 1969
Service recordDarnell Mister, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 18
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; six of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 18
- STACY KRESHOStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
- ROBERT RONALD LEISYSecond Lieutenant · December 2, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES MCINTOSHSpecialist Four · December 2, 1969
- WILLIAM DALE SANDERLINStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN SILVY ASHSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 15
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 15
- ROBERT LE ROY DALTONPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 16
- STACY KRESHOStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 18
- ROBERT RONALD LEISYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 18
- ALFRED PICKARDPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 19
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.