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DAVID EUGENE MITCHELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1951 – June 2, 1970
Service recordDavid Eugene Mitchell, of Norwalk, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 2
- THOMAS EUGENE JOHNSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1970
- ARNOLD JOHN KULHANEKSergeant · June 2, 1970
- KENNETH BERNARD LUTTELCorporal · June 2, 1970
- WILLIAM ROY PORTERSergeant · June 2, 1970
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
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.