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MICHAEL LYNN MITCHELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 17, 1948 – February 7, 1969
Service recordMichael Lynn Mitchell, of Danville, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · 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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Danville, Indiana (Hendricks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 80
- LINWOOD RAY CUMBOPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- DONALD KENT MCLEANSergeant · February 7, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER MITCHELLPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- RUSSELL EUGENE MOKEFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LARRY DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 77
- ALFRED ALAN GATESCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 78
From Danville
- GILBERT EDWARD BUCHANANSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- TERRY ALAN HOFFMANCorporal · August 19, 1968
- GEORGE L KLEIBER JRFirst Lieutenant · September 4, 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.