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WILLIAM BRUCE MITCHELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 11, 1946 – November 3, 1965
Service recordWilliam Bruce Mitchell, of Bethel, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 3, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- September 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Bethel, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 15
- KENT DOUGLAS JORDANLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- JAMES RAY PARRETTPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- GARY W PLATTStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
From Bethel
- GARY CLIFFORD GRISWOLDPrivate First Class · October 14, 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.