Name:
William Edgar Mitchell
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
449379
Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1945-07-24
State:
Kentucky
Cemetery:
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Courts of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
William Edgar Mitchell was born on July 18, 1923, in Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky. He was the son of James Edgar Mitchell and Dora Lee Sturgeon Mitchell.
He served in Prisoners Of War and Military Police Detachment Headquarters, United States Marine Corps as a Private First Class during World War II. He was declared as Missing in Action on July 24, 1945, during the Battle for Guam.