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MITCHEL RAY TYLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 25, 1947 – November 23, 1968
Service recordMitchel Ray Tyler, of Silsbee, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Silsbee, Texas (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 48
- CLARENCE TURPINSergeant First Class · November 23, 1968
- CARL J WINTERCaptain · November 23, 1968
- LARRY LEE BATESSergeant · November 24, 1968
- LARRY MARTIN CARROLLSergeant · November 24, 1968
- THERON WALLACE COBBSpecialist Four · November 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID IVAN BRIGGSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 40
- JAMES CLARK CARLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 40
- JOHN WAYNE COLBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 41
- ARNOLD RAYMOND DIEKEMASpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 42
- LESLIE A LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 43
- MICHAEL NELSON LOITZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 44
- RICHARD ALLEN MILKSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 44
- GRADY RAY NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 45
- ROBERT JOHN NIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 45
- FRANK SANFILIPPOPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 46
- RICHARD CRAIG STEVENSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 47
- JOSEPH DANIEL SZIDORPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 47
- TERREL JAMES VIDRINEPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 47
- CARL J WINTERCaptain · Panel 38W, Line 48
From Silsbee
- FREDDY LEE SAPPPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HARRY WILLIAM MARTINSenior Master Sergeant · April 10, 1967
- EDDIE LYNN LANCASTERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- THOMAS GORESergeant First Class · May 7, 1968
- THEODORE ROBERT HOLLISCorporal · May 21, 1968
- JESSE STEPHEN AYRESPrivate First Class · June 16, 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.