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DAVID LEE MITCHELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 27, 1946 – May 25, 1970
Service recordDavid Lee Mitchell, of Mcclellanville, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Mcclellanville, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 95
- HAROLD RAY BURTONCorporal · May 25, 1970
- CLAUDE HARMON CARGILEFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN CHAMBERLAINCorporal · May 25, 1970
- ROBERT LEWIS COLEMANStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LEE KELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 97
From Mcclellanville
- JAMES HENRY BROWN JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 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.