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MITCHELL ALLEN WENTZ
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
October 10, 1946 – June 7, 1968
Service recordMitchell Allen Wentz, of Lompoc, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 7, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 29
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- October 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Lompoc, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 29
- LELAND DOUGLAS WELCHPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- ERNEST LAMAR WESLEYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- ROBERT JAY WESTRATESergeant · June 7, 1968
- LOY NEAL WHALEYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
From Lompoc
- BILLIE LESTER BEARDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1962
- ROBERT WENDELL GILLIAMSpecialist Five · October 7, 1966
- FRED WALTER PACKSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THORNE M CLARK IIIPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WALTER JOHN PANAMAROFFFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SWICKFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- JIM ROY GONZALESSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANK BIBERSergeant · September 19, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH VAUGHANSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
- MARC BRADLEY BELONCorporal · May 14, 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.