WWI · Battle Death Record
John Mitchell
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Service · Wisconsin
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- John Mitchell
- Entered the Service From
- Wisconsin
- Rank
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army Air Service
- Unit / Regiment
- Signal Corps, Aviation Section
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- May 27, 1918
- Burial / Memorial
- St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France
- Grave
- Plot D, Row 1, Grave 4
Their story
First Lieutenant John Lendrum Mitchell enlisted in the Signal Corps, Aviation Section in 1917, trained at the MIT Aviation Ground School, and was commissioned on September 29, 1917. While stationed at Toul, France, he was killed on May 27, 1918, by the accidental fall of his airplane. He was the younger brother of General William "Billy" Mitchell, regarded as the father of the U.S. Air Force.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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