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WILLIE JAMES MITCHELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1947 – May 19, 1967
Service recordWillie James Mitchell JR, of Chester, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 46
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Chester, South Carolina (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 46
- CHARLES WILLARD LARMANSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MANCUSOSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- GREGORY PHILLIP MOSERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
From Chester
- JOHN EARNEST MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- EDDIE LOUIS JAMES JRCorporal · October 27, 1967
- CALVIN DONALD DAWKINSCorporal · December 13, 1967
- ARTHUR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- CECIL JAMES CLACKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES GLENN RAWLSSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- JAMES CLEVELAND JACKSONCorporal · July 27, 1969
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.