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MARK DAVID MITCHELL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 5, 1947 – January 17, 1969
Service recordMark David Mitchell, of La Puente, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 27
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1947
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 27
- GEORGE ALBERT KURTYKATechnical Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- BRUCE SEARIGHT MCFADYENLieutenant · January 17, 1969
- RICHARD RAPHAEL MELADYPetty Officer First Class · January 17, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL MONTEMAYORPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WOODROW BRIGHAM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 20
- FRANK HAROLD BROWNE IIPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 21
- ROGER ALLEN DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 22
- ROGER LEO LANGFORDSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 25
- RONALD FORREST NEALSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 28
- BRUCE MARTIN REITERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 28
- PAUL JOSIAH WILSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 30
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
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.