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MITCHEL THOMAS MORTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1948 – March 21, 1969
Service recordMitchel Thomas Morton, of Stanley, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Stanley, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29W, Line 104
- DONALD RAY JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- BILLY DAN MURPHYCorporal · March 21, 1969
- THOMAS MCKNETT NEWMANFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
From Stanley
- EARL CARLYLE BROWNCaptain · November 24, 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.