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ROBERT LEE MITCHELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 5, 1949 – March 18, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Mitchell, of Lockport, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Lockport, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 71
- WILLIAM LOVETT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- ROBERT A MCINTOSHSergeant · March 18, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM PARHAMSergeant · March 18, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE PATTERSONSergeant · March 18, 1969
From Lockport
- JOHN STEVEN AMBROSINISpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE CARROLLPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- PAUL HENRY STEIN JRCorporal · April 5, 1968
- FRANK JAY STRNADLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- GARY STEVEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
- LEO JUAN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · November 22, 1968
- GLEN ALAN JACKSON IIIConstructionman · January 31, 1970
- CHATWIN ARNOLD STROTHERSpecialist Four · May 29, 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.