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LEROY MITCHELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 1, 1950 – April 18, 1970
Service recordLeroy Mitchell, of Athens, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Quartermaster Heavy Equipment Repairman (63K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Athens, Georgia (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 22
- MARTIN CODY CARRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- RONALD ELLSWORTH HODGESergeant · April 18, 1970
- DANIEL F KASZUBOWSKISpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- ANTHONY SANTANA LUGOSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALBERT EATONPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 21
From Athens
- LEROY IRELANDStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT PAUL GIPSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- EDWARD CLEO SIMSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- DONALD RANDALL FOWLERSpecialist Six · August 1, 1968
- JOE DAVID CARROLLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- THOMAS CLARKPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- MICHAEL ENGLANDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- JEFF WHITEHEADLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- CHARLES B CAREYSergeant · October 13, 1969
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.