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MITCHELL BLAINE WYSEL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1950 – June 15, 1969
Service recordMitchell Blaine Wysel, of Ventura, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 56
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 56
- EDWARD VOYTPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- DONALD LEE WICKLINE JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- GARY DEAN BENDERCorporal · June 16, 1969
- RONDAL LEE BURNSCorporal · June 16, 1969
From Ventura
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 1967
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.