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LARRY GENE MITCHELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 29, 1952 – February 22, 1971
Service recordLarry Gene Mitchell, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 130
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1952
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 130
- MITCHELL BRUCE SMITHSpecialist Five · February 21, 1971
- ROBERT JOSEPH THELENSpecialist Five · February 21, 1971
- FREDERICK ANTHONY YOUNGCorporal · February 21, 1971
- CHARLES EDWIN ENGLECaptain · February 22, 1971
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 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.