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LEROY GERALD MITCHELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 27, 1946 – April 7, 1967
Service recordLeroy Gerald Mitchell, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 117
- THOMAS JEROME LESTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- DANIEL MCCARTHY MANNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 7, 1967
- DONALD GENE MILLERSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT MILLERCorporal · April 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JEROME LESTONPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 117
- DONALD GENE MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 117
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 118
- PATRICK JOHN TRODDENPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 119
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.