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JAMES CARROLL MITCHELL JR
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
January 6, 1946 – January 8, 1970
Service recordJames Carroll Mitchell JR, of Torrance, California, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 8, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 14
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician's Mate (EM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COMMANDER TASK GROUP 194.9
- Born
- January 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- 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 January 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 14
- JOSEPH MARK LAUINGERFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1970
- JAMES LOUIS MCCABE JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD NIERERSergeant · January 8, 1970
- RONALD ERNEST PICKARTWarrant Officer 1 · January 8, 1970
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 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.