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WILLIAM A MITCHELL II
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 29, 1943 – September 12, 1965
Service recordWilliam A Mitchell II, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 12, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 82
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electrician's Mate (AE)
- Born
- October 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 82
- CARROLL EUGENE FANKHAUSERLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE RUSSELL MOSSMANLieutenant (junior grade) · September 13, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAMS STEPHENSLance Corporal · September 13, 1965
- DONALD LUCIAN BENNETTLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
- JOHN LOWASPrivate · October 2, 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.