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JAMES MCNALLY MITCHELL JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1940 – August 31, 1965
Service recordJames McNally Mitchell JR, of Encinitas, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 70
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- August 8, 1940
- Home of record
- Encinitas, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 70
- JOHN WILLIAM LAKECorporal · August 24, 1965
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- ROBERT EUGENE RIEDELPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- DONALD LEONARD ARCANDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
From Encinitas
- EMMETT LEE BOOTHGunnery Sergeant · June 11, 1967
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.