Mitchell, Gilbert Louis, LCDR

POW/MIA
 
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Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Last Primary NEC
132X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Naval Flight Officer
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1968-Present, 131X, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC)
Service Years
1964 - 1968
Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Commander

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Home State
California
California
Year of Birth
1941
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Los Angeles
Last Address
Tehachapi
MIA Date
Mar 06, 1968
 
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location
Vietnam, North (Vietnam)
Conflict
Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates
43E 026

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
The National Gold Star Family RegistryVietnam Veterans MemorialUnited States Navy Memorial
  2023, The National Gold Star Family Registry
  2023, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2023, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page


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This Sailor has an (IMO) Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing, Honolulu, Hawaii
 

   
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Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (68)
From Month/Year
July / 1968
To Month/Year
November / 1968

Description
This campaign was from 1 July to 1 November 1968. During this period a country-wide effort was begun to restore government control of territory lost to the enemy since the Tet offensive. The enemy attempted another such offensive on 17-18 August but his efforts were comparatively feeble and were quickly overwhelmed by Allied forces.

In the fall of 1968 the South Vietnamese government, with major U.S. support, launched an accelerated pacification campaign. All friendly forces were coordinated and brought to bear on the enemy in every tactical area of operation. In these intensified operations, friendly units first secured a target area, then Vietnamese government units, regional forces/popular forces, police and civil authorities screened the inhabitants, seeking members of the Viet Cong infrastructure. This technique was so successful against the political apparatus that it became the basis for subsequent friendly operations. Government influence expanded into areas of the countryside previously dominated by the Viet Cong to such an extent that two years later at least some measure of government control was evident in all but a few remote regions.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
July / 1968
To Month/Year
November / 1968
 
Last Updated:
Dec 22, 2023
   
Personal Memories
   
Units Participated in Operation

LCU-1500, Assault Craft Unit 1 (ACU-1)

USS Mauna Kea (AE-22)

 
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

  647 Also There at This Battle:
  • Abbott, William, PO3, (1965-1969)
  • Anderson, Eric, LCDR, (1966-2001)
  • Anderson, Randy, PO2, (1962-1968)
  • Arentzen, Willard Palmer, VADM, (1943-1980)
  • Arrans, Guy, PO3, (1965-1968)
  • ASCONE, ANTHONY JOSEPH, PO2, (1964-1968)
  • Bailey, Gary, PO2, (1964-1968)
  • Beal, Stephen, LT, (1967-1969)
  • BELL, ROGER, SN, (1966-1968)
  • Bouchard, Ronald, PO2, (1966-1969)
  • Bucasas, William, SN, (1964-1968)
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