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JAMES RAY MITCHELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 13, 1950 – March 27, 1970
Service recordJames Ray Mitchell, of Wilson, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 49
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- June 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Wilson, North Carolina (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 49
- NORMAN EARL LITTLECorporal · March 27, 1970
- CECIL EVERETT MCCLAINPrivate First Class · March 27, 1970
- GARY DON POLKSpecialist Four · March 27, 1970
- RALPH RICHARD QUICK JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1970
From Wilson
- AMOS CARLTON WATSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- RUDOLPH WHITAKERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- RONNIE LEE BRAYLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- JAMES JUNIUS RUFFINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- ARCHIE LEE COOPERLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- WILBUR CORNELL GASKINSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 19, 1968
- EDMUND JOSEPH KELLYStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · May 23, 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.