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ROBERT STEVENS MITCHELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 18, 1951 – August 14, 1969
Service recordRobert Stevens Mitchell, of Rogers, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 40
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Rogers, Arkansas (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 40
- JOHN ALAN KUEFNERCorporal · August 14, 1969
- SIDNEY GILBERT LAZARUS JRPrivate First Class · August 14, 1969
- ROBERT WARREN MAJORLance Corporal · August 14, 1969
- DARYL MILTON MOGCKSergeant · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN THURSTON FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 38
From Rogers
- HENRY DON MATHEWSSergeant · June 19, 1969
- OTIS EUGENE PLANTSSpecialist Four · September 4, 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.