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MELVIN LAMAR MIZE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 8, 1947 – June 18, 1969
Service recordMelvin Lamar Mize, of Lake City, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 80
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- April 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Lake City, Florida (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 80
- DAVID WAYNE MCCONNELLPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS MINGLESergeant · June 18, 1969
- ENRIQUE MIRAMONTEZCorporal · June 18, 1969
- RUDOLPH PINA MUNOZStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY JERRY CURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 74
- HARRY G DIEHLPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 75
- JAMES RICHARD DOLVINSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 75
- CHARLES WILLIAM EMMERTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 75
- ROBERT LEE GRAHAMSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 76
- JAMES DALE HENNESSEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 77
- MICHAEL LEONARD HODGEStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 78
- CHARLES LOUIS HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 78
- AURELE LIONEL LUCIEN MARCSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 79
- PAUL REYES NARVAEZSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 81
- JOSEPH FREDERICK SMITH JRSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 82
From Lake City
- GILBERT SMITH JRSergeant · August 24, 1965
- RAYMOND EUGENE JOHNSONMajor · July 19, 1966
- JULIUS FRAZIER JONESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- RAY FRANCIS WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · December 27, 1966
- EUGENE MCCRAYPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- EUGENE LARRY FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- WILLIAM PATECorporal · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR WAYNE THOMASPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RONALD WASHINGTON PHARISStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT REHBERGPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.