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PERRY ADKINS MITCHELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1951 – November 14, 1970
Service recordPerry Adkins Mitchell, of Athens, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 60
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Storage And Handling Specialist (76V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 20, 1951
- Home of record
- Athens, Alabama (Limestone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 60
- FREDRICK JOSEPH HUGHESCorporal · November 14, 1970
- MICHAEL CHARLES JENSENCorporal · November 14, 1970
- JOSEPH RUSSELL KLUGGLieutenant · November 14, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL MEEHANSergeant · November 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM CONRADSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 59
- FRANK RICHARD HITESHUESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 59
- RONALD JAMES HILLSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 61
- BENIGNO ZAMUDIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 61
From Athens
- THOMAS ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · June 21, 1967
- JUNIOR EDWARD LOTTCorporal · December 19, 1967
- DAVID RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- JOHN BRUCE LYLESergeant · June 11, 1969
- GARY CURTIS HARWELLCorporal · September 5, 1969
- RAY FRANK LONGFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
- BOBBIE HERALD BREWERStaff Sergeant · February 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.