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JOHN MARSHALL MIZELLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1946 – January 7, 1967
Service recordJohn Marshall Mizelle, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 123
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (31L)
- Born
- June 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 123
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- JOHN JAMES MURPHYLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 1967
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.