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LAWRENCE HOWARD MITCHELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 2, 1946 – June 16, 1967
Service recordLawrence Howard Mitchell, of Norwood, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Norwood, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 113
- CHARLES ROBERT MEARSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- RANDY MICKEL MINORSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- EDWARD MORRISSpecialist Five · June 16, 1967
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · June 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PORFIRIO ELIAS ELIASPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 111
- RANDY MICKEL MINORSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 113
- GEORGE MAURICE ODONNELLPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 114
- WILLIS M SULLIVAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
From Norwood
- PATRICK KEVIN BURKECorporal · March 30, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS FITZGERALDChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 12, 1968
- RICHARD BRIAN MURPHYLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- KEITH TERRELL LANDERSLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH SANSONESeaman · September 10, 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.