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RONALD EARL MITCHELL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 19, 1948 – January 19, 1969
Service recordRonald Earl Mitchell JR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 6 BN 84 ARTY I FF
- Born
- May 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 39
- WILLIAM RICHARD ADAMSCorporal · January 19, 1969
- CLARENCE MCCRANEYPrivate First Class · January 19, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE MORELANDLance Corporal · January 19, 1969
- CHARLES ALLEN PRICESpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.