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GLENN EDWARD MITCHELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1949 – December 24, 1969
Service recordGlenn Edward Mitchell, of Camden, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 91
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Camden, Tennessee (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 91
- PATRICK ROBERT MARTINAirman First Class · December 24, 1969
- EDWARD MORRISON JRPrivate First Class · December 24, 1969
- TERRY CURTIS NEWKIRKSergeant · December 24, 1969
- DAVID RAMPPrivate First Class · December 24, 1969
From Camden
- CLIFFORD RAY HERRINPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- DANNY EUGENE HUBBSCorporal · March 22, 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.