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HENRY ALBERT MITCHELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 11, 1949 – July 15, 1968
Service recordHenry Albert Mitchell, of Keeseville, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 36
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Keeseville, New York (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 36
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE MARTINMajor · July 15, 1968
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · July 15, 1968
- DAVID MERRILL PRICEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1968
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.