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JOHN EDWIN MITCHELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 31, 1935 – November 10, 1966
Service recordJohn Edwin Mitchell, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 31, 1935
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 51
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCATEERLieutenant · November 10, 1966
- DAIN W MILLIMANMajor · November 10, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE OBRIENMajor · November 10, 1966
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HARRY DIWAIN SPIERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
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.