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MACK LEE MITCHELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 13, 1948 – July 19, 1969
Service recordMack Lee Mitchell, of Blackville, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 21
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Blackville, South Carolina (Barnwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 21
- RONALD IVAN BUCHANANFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1969
- CARROL FAYNE MEADOWSSergeant First Class · July 19, 1969
- DONALD KENNETH MINKSpecialist Four · July 19, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THOMAS BASS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 17
- DONALD KENNETH MINKSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 21
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 21
- MICHAEL SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 22
From Blackville
- JULIUS COLLINS JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
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.