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MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1948 – July 19, 1969
Service recordMichael Thomas Mitchell, of Pittsburg, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
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
- MACK LEE MITCHELLCorporal · 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
- MACK LEE MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 21
- MICHAEL SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 22
From Pittsburg
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DAVID GROSSLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- JERALD LEE LAWPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- BEN OBSENIARES MASADASLance Corporal · August 14, 1968
- WILLARD WAYNE RIGGSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JAMES LINDELL ADAMSStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES PHILLIPSLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- CLIFFORD NEWTON GREENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1970
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.