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FELTON LEE MIMS
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 14, 1946 – March 12, 1969
Service recordFelton Lee Mims, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 12, 1969, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 21
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radarman (RD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 13 ASLT DIV 13
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 13 ASLT DIV 13”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 21
- FRANKLIN MONROE LANIERPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- PATRICK M MCINERNEYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- FRED ALLEN MOODYSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- GARY LESLIE MOORESpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.