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ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 2, 1947 – July 20, 1966
Service recordErnest Darrell Mitchell, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- July 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 48
- MERRILL RAYMOND LEWIS JRColonel · May 25, 1966
- RONALD JAY KINKEADEChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 20, 1966
- DANIEL ALVEY LAMBDINChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HUMPHREY NELSONColonel · July 20, 1966
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- EDWARD COWART HUGHES IIISpecialist Four · November 27, 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.