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STEPHEN PHILIP MITCHELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1948 – February 1, 1968
Service recordStephen Philip Mitchell, of Carpentersville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 57
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Carpentersville, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 57
- HORACE HOWARDPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- WESLEY RICE MOORE JRFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- HARRY VAN ARNAM MOSHERSecond Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE MURDOCKCorporal · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH HOSEA ALBRITTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 45
- GEORGE MICHAEL HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 50
- JOHN ROBERT SHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 50
- EDDIE GRAY HUFFMANSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 52
- CHARLES R MENSCHStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 58
- KENNETH LEE ROGERSSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 59
- DIEROTHER BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 61
From Carpentersville
- EDWARD CHARLES BECKSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- KEITH JOHN ANDRESSpecialist Four · November 2, 1967
- RONALD ALAN WOLTERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- ANDREW MORLEY BORDESSpecialist Five · August 1, 1971
- TOMMY MIKE MCCLEERSergeant First Class · August 1, 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.