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GARY HENTON MITCHELL
Private · U.S. Army
May 8, 1949 – December 8, 1969
Service recordGary Henton Mitchell, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 39
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Postal Clerk (71F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 39
- CARL RICHARD DICEMajor · December 8, 1969
- DALE ALAN MACARTHURSergeant · December 8, 1969
- WILLIAM P MCCARRON JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- MICHAEL LEWIS MCGOVERNSpecialist Four · December 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY LEE FOMBYPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 38
- ROBERT LEE HATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 38
- GERALD RAYDINE ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 40
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.