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RODGER HYLER MITCHELL
Private · U.S. Army
March 23, 1952 – April 14, 1971
Service recordRodger Hyler Mitchell, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 124
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 23, 1952
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 124
- JAMES HOWARD MACDOUGALMaster Sergeant · April 14, 1971
- PAUL MICKLE NOLENSpecialist Five · April 14, 1971
- ABRAHAM POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 14, 1971
- RONALD LEE SANBOWERSpecialist Four · April 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE ALBERT KERRPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 123
- PAUL MICKLE NOLENSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 124
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
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.