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HORACE GIBBS MITCHELL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 10, 1941 – July 7, 1966
Service recordHorace Gibbs Mitchell JR, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 5
- JOHN LEON KUKTELIONISSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- BOOKER TEE MCCOY JRPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- HEYWARD WINDELL NEDDPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- VICTOR LLEWELLYN PAINECorporal · July 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD J ANDUHAStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 3
- BOOKER TEE MCCOY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 5
- HEYWARD WINDELL NEDDPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 5
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 6
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 7
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.