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MITCHELL MESSING
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 30, 1946 – April 25, 1969
Service recordMitchell Messing, of Oceanside, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 25, 1969, in Thailand, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Oceanside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 48
- KENNETH W FOWLERTechnical Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- LARRY GENE LEOPOLDINOSpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- JOHN MARTIN MADDEN JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- JOHN A MARSHFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1969
From Oceanside
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
- DON MELVIN PERDUESergeant · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON STUTESSergeant · September 10, 1967
- TUIOALELE T SUIAUNOASergeant First Class · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES GOSCHFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS N MCKENZIE IICorporal · March 8, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 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.