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PAUL JOSEPH MITCHELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 29, 1947 – February 23, 1969
Service recordPaul Joseph Mitchell, of Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Musician, French Horn (5544)
- Born
- September 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania (Schuylkill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 11
- ROBERT BRUCE HUNTERSpecialist · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES MORACorporal · February 23, 1969
- RONALD GENE MOSSCorporal · February 23, 1969
- PAUL WILLIAM MOTLEYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE NULLPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
From Mahanoy City
- DONALD JOSEPH SEAMANTechnical Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN KAPLAFKASergeant · June 12, 1968
- THOMAS PATRICK MCKERNSPrivate First Class · August 28, 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.