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DAVID HENRY MITCHELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1946 – July 11, 1967
Service recordDavid Henry Mitchell, of Concord, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 53
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Concord, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 23E, Line 53
- CLARENCE ERNEST LOSSINGSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- JORGE JOSEPH MALDONADOPrivate · July 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES NICKLOWSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- GEORGE EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 49
- CHRIS STEVEN EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 51
- ELOY SANTIAGO GRIEGO JRSpecialist Five · Panel 23E, Line 51
From Concord
- JAMES HENRY FURRLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARLEE CANUP JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 14, 1967
- NORMAN PERRY HOWIE JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES JUNIUS GRAYSergeant First Class · July 15, 1967
- TROY ALEXANDER GALYANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- GARY STEVEN CHRISTENBURYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS PEEKPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- FRED LEROY ROACH JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOHN LEROY PARTEESergeant First Class · March 29, 1969
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.