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WILLIE MITCHELL JR
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
June 10, 1934 – December 20, 1965
Service recordWillie Mitchell JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 20, 1965, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 31
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 10, 1934
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1965; five of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 31
- WILLIAM HENRY CRISPTechnical Sergeant · December 20, 1965
- RICHARD FINISA MOODYPrivate First Class · December 20, 1965
- MARVIN LEROY SHIPMANPrivate First Class · December 20, 1965
- DONALD CLAYTON SMITHFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1965
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- JOHN CLINE STRICKLER JRCaptain · January 20, 1966
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.