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JOSEPH ROBERT MITCHELL JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1942 – April 30, 1967
Service recordJoseph Robert Mitchell JR, of Alexander City, Alabama, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 125
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Alexander City, Alabama (Tallapoosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; 59 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 125
- RANDY NEAL MCPHEEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- JAMES MINES JRCorporal · April 30, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY MORGANLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- ALEXANDRO NEVAREZLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
From Alexander City
- GORDON HERBERT DUNAWAYLance Corporal · August 12, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS ODOMPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CLEVELANDPrivate · April 17, 1967
- MACWAYNE SPEAKSCaptain · March 27, 1968
- HARRY ELLIS HAYESFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1970
- THOMAS WINFORD JACKSONSenior Master Sergeant · June 22, 1972
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.