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PAUL HOLLAND MITCHELL JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 16, 1946 – October 5, 1966
Service recordPaul Holland Mitchell JR, of Mentor, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 49
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Mentor, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1966; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 49
- ROBERT GRIFFIN DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ALBERT EUGENE HUFFERLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- MERLIN PHILIP LEGAUXCorporal · October 5, 1966
From Mentor
- JAMES JOSEPH MENARTCorporal · May 26, 1967
- LOYD EDWARD STROISCHSergeant · April 12, 1968
- DEAN EDWARD NICHOLASLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- TIMOTHY DAVID STICKLEPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- DAVID WALTER RIEMERLance Corporal · January 25, 1969
- GEORGE ERNEST HAYWARDWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
- MICHAEL LESTER NESSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM RONALD DICKEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- NORMAN FRED PALEYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1970
- DALE ALLEN PEARCEWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1971
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.