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JAMES MITCHELL CORNETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 10, 1943 – March 24, 1966
Service recordJames Mitchell Cornett, of Elizabethton, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Elizabethton, Tennessee (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 43
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JOHN BETHEL TAPPLieutenant Commander · March 23, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD BUSHLieutenant Colonel · March 24, 1966
- GENERAL WHITEPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GENERAL WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 43
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · Panel 6E, Line 44
- MICHAEL MEREDITH JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 44
- CARL HENRY JOYNERSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 44
- ALBERT MASON KEEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 44
- ROBERT LEE MACKSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 45
- JOSEPH ANSON MASON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 45
- LEONARD DON MAYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 45
- JESUS ARTHUR MUNOZSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 46
- CLYDE EDWARD MURRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 46
- MICHAEL DONN SCHATZLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 46
- CARL ROY SMEADPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 46
- ROBERT EUGENE URBANOVSKYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 46
- AL JUNIOUS CHATTINPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 47
- ALLEN G LANESergeant · Panel 6E, Line 47
From Elizabethton
- CHARLES EDWARD FULTONAirman First Class · January 2, 1965
- DALE ALONZO JOHNSONMajor · October 27, 1966
- GARY MURRAYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1967
- WILLIAM JACK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- JOHN PAUL AVERYLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- BILLY JOE ELLISStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SHAFFERLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES TREADWAYSpecialist Five · August 12, 1968
- ROY HASKEL WILSONCaptain · October 22, 1968
- FREDDIE RAY GUINNCorporal · February 23, 1969
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.