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JOHN E S MITCHELL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 12, 1951 – July 2, 1970
Service recordJohn E S Mitchell JR, of American Falls, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 112
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 12, 1951
- Home of record
- American Falls, Idaho (Power County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 112
- JAMES R MERZ JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1970
- DAVID BRUCE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1970
- JOHNNY LEE MOORECorporal · July 2, 1970
- ARTHUR DARNELL NEALStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL ALLEN CARVERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 110
- WILLIAM FREDERICK EMANUELSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 110
- JAMES R MERZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 112
- DAVID BRUCE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 112
From American Falls
- VICENTE DIAZ SANDOVALSergeant · April 8, 1967
- JAMES BARTON ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · January 25, 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.