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THOMAS PETER MITCHELL
Captain · U.S. Army
March 11, 1936 – March 26, 1967
Service recordThomas Peter Mitchell, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1967, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 11, 1936
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 54
- LEON LOVELL POLAND JRPrivate · March 26, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- JAMES ADRIAN SETTERLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- TERRY DEAN SHAUVERLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN K ADAMSCaptain · Panel 17E, Line 48
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
- DAVID PAUL WERNETPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
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.