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THOMAS VICTOR MITCHELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – April 7, 1969
Service recordThomas Victor Mitchell, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 32
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 32
- JAMES JOSEPH LYNCH IIIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- RICHARD GEORGE MAYSergeant · April 7, 1969
- STANLEY EUGENE MCCREARYPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- HARRY LEO MORRIS JRLieutenant Colonel · April 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK BLAINE BEERSSergeant First Class · Panel 27W, Line 28
- KENNETH ROBERT BIRDSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 29
- ROBERT MCLAIN COCHRAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 29
- FLOYD ANDREW DEALSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 29
- TIMOTHY ELDEN DYESpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 30
- PETER GODOY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 30
- JOHN TERRY GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 30
- MICHAEL DANIEL GRIFFISSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 31
- LARRY MILTON KELLEYSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 33
- LARRY GENE PYLECorporal · Panel 27W, Line 33
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.