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ISAIAH MITCHELL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1947 – May 19, 1968
Service recordIsaiah Mitchell JR, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 13
- JAMES LEE KRISELLLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- RICHARD PAUL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- GREGORY VALENTINE MAYNARDCorporal · May 19, 1968
- GORDON THOMAS MOLAISONCorporal · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE BOONESpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 4
- EDWARD ALAN BIESPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 5
- RICHARD CLYDE COLEMANSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 7
- PAUL FREEMAN DANIELS JRSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 7
- BENJAMIN THOMAS FOLCKSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 8
- GERALD JAMESSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 9
- GEORGE RICHARD POPESpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 16
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 18
- GARY LEE WITHERELLSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 2
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.