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HONORED ON PANEL 58E, LINE 11 OF THE WALL
DONALD WAYNE MITCHELL
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DONALD W MITCHELL
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58E/11
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LEFT FOR DONALD WAYNE MITCHELL
POSTED ON 7.27.2024
POSTED BY: Peter Rodney Badger
Summary of Service
On 10 May 1968, a detachment of one officer an 43 artillerymen from Battery D, 2nd Battalion, 13th Marines, at Ngok Tavak, five miles south of Kham Duc, was attacked by surrounding elements of the 2nd North Vietnamese Division. Having expended all artillery ammunition in a fierce defense, the Marines disabled their two 105 mm. howitzers and escaped from the camp with Vietnamese irregular troops under Australian command. Thirteen Marine artillerymen and one Marine aviator were killed in the action.
POSTED ON 6.3.2023
POSTED BY: john fabris
honoring you...
Say not in grief he is no more, but live in thankfulness that he was.
POSTED ON 5.14.2023
POSTED BY: ANON
Welcome Home
LCPL Donald Wayne Mitchell is remembered with the group repatriated in Section 60, Site 8234 of the Arlington National Cemetery. Identifiable remains of LCPL Mitchell are buried in the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Princeton, KY.
Your sacrifice is not forgotten.
Your sacrifice is not forgotten.