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DAVID GEORGE MITCHELL
Captain · U.S. Army
May 31, 1939 – July 23, 1968
Service recordDavid George Mitchell, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 42
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply & Evac Staff Officer (G4,a4,s4) (4010)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1939
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 42
- JAMES HENRY MARTINCorporal · July 23, 1968
- HARRY MICHAEL MATHERSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- JAMES STEPHEN MITCHELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MULLINSPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE ROUSSEAUPrivate · Panel 51W, Line 43
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 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.