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  PFC Albert Jean Mitchell    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



Charlie Company
1st Battalion
35th Infantry Regiment
Vietnam War

"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"
National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Vietnam Campaign Medal Vietnam Campaign Medal


The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PFC Albert Jean Mitchell, who died in the service of his country on March 6th, 1968 in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. The cause of death was listed as Small Arms/AW. At the time of his death Albert was 24 years of age. He was from Evanston, Illinois. Albert is honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Panel 43E, Line 27.

The decorations earned by PFC Albert Jean Mitchell include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation.

Albert was wounded in the big fight on 02/09/1968 and died from those wounds.