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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ralph Mitchell.

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RALPH MITCHELL

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

July 30, 1930 – October 23, 1964

Service record

Ralph Mitchell, of Blanch, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 1E · Line 68

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
MACV ADVISORS
Born
July 30, 1930
Home of record
Blanch, North Carolina (Caswell County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 23, 1964
Age
34
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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What was happening

One name on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 1E, Line 68

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.