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ROBERT WALTER MITCHELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1948 – March 30, 1967
Service recordRobert Walter Mitchell, of Terryville, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 74
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Terryville, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 74
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE MCGEELance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH NERAD JRCorporal · March 30, 1967
- WILLIAM WESLEY PATTERSONCorporal · March 30, 1967
From Terryville
- ARTHUR CHARLES MCLELLANCorporal · March 31, 1968
- CHARLES ROSS MANARELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD DUNNTechnical Sergeant · April 26, 1972
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.