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ROGER C MITCHELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 5, 1946 – January 5, 1967
Service recordRoger C Mitchell, of Delano, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Delano, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 117
- MARTIN WALTER MORENOSpecialist Four · January 5, 1967
- HARVEY R PARKERPrivate · January 5, 1967
- DAVID L PEARSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SIMPKINS JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY ALLEN MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 116
- MARTIN WALTER MORENOSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 117
- HARVEY R PARKERPrivate · Panel 13E, Line 117
- DAVID L PEARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 117
From Delano
- NARCISO BERTOMEN JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- BALDOMERO ARTURO NADALCorporal · April 15, 1967
- PHILLIP GENE CANTRELLPrivate · December 22, 1967
- HENRY FRANCE ASUNCIONLance Corporal · November 27, 1968
- LEROY ERNEST HALBERT JRSergeant · December 31, 1970
- EDWARD JOSEPH LOPEZPrivate · November 28, 1971
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.