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ROBERT E MITCHELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 30, 1949 – July 29, 1969
Service recordRobert E Mitchell JR, of Temperance, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 72
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Temperance, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 72
- BRUCE MAGNUS LANGAUNETCaptain · July 29, 1969
- DANIEL LEWISLance Corporal · July 29, 1969
- MELVIN LOYDPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- CURTIS MARIONPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HUGH EDWARD REVISPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 73
From Temperance
- THOMAS EDWARD GRAYCorporal · May 11, 1969
- WILLIAM F VANCLEAVEPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES WIDMERPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.