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JAY ANDERSON MITCHELL
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1939 – May 12, 1967
Service recordJay Anderson Mitchell, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- December 30, 1939
- Home of record
- Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 98
- ERNEST GARY MADDENCorporal · May 12, 1967
- EDDIE MANISAirman Third Class · May 12, 1967
- VICTOR H MONTOYA JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- WILLIAM PAUL ROGERS JRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1967
From Bartlesville
- JAMES EDWIN BAILEYStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1964
- HAROLD WILLIAM WINGETFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- WILLIAM CALVIN DIEHL JRLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1967
- JACK MILTON SMITHSecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1967
- RICHARD HOWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY MCVEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- BRUCE ANTHONY LYNCHLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES OSBORNSergeant · December 23, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
- JOHN DELBERT STARRETTSergeant · October 4, 1970
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.