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JAMES MITCHELL ATCHISON
Captain · U.S. Army
January 2, 1945 – April 12, 1970
Service recordJames Mitchell Atchison, of Frederick, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Frederick, Maryland (Frederick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 127
- TIMOTHY RAY FAUSTSergeant · April 12, 1970
- DONALD RAY HOFFEDITZPrivate First Class · April 12, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MERRILLSergeant · April 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE HARTWELL ADAMSCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 126
From Frederick
- ROBERT EARL SMITH JRHospitalman · May 15, 1966
- DANIEL SPENSER BRITTAINSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- WILSON LEE COOKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE COSGRAVEAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PLUNKARDSergeant · April 8, 1968
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- HAROLD FRANKLIN KLINESergeant First Class · August 24, 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.