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RALPH BURTON MITCHELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 29, 1935 – August 7, 1970
Service recordRalph Burton Mitchell, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 91
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 29, 1935
- Home of record
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1970
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 91
- ROBERT GREG HANSENStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1970
- PAUL VINCENT MOOREPrivate First Class · August 7, 1970
- WILLIAM MURPHYPrivate First Class · August 7, 1970
- RICHARD MORRIS SEYMORESergeant · August 7, 1970
From Gettysburg
- RAYMOND ELLISLieutenant · September 30, 1965
- LARRY LEROY HESSSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- JOHN CHARLES HOLOKACorporal · July 22, 1966
- ROBERT LESTER KESSELLance Corporal · March 20, 1967
- RICHARD MARTIN SIETZPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOHN FRANKLIN RIEGELPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- GARY WESLEY RUNKPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- LARRY THOMAS BRENTSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- GERARD JUDE SANDERSLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLERPrivate First Class · January 30, 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.