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KENNETH MITCHELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1946 – March 1, 1967
Service recordKenneth Mitchell, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 129
- VICTOR OHANESIANLieutenant Colonel · March 1, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- JIMMIE CALVIN ROSSPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.