Henry D. Mitchell

World War II
Service #O-763294
Unit48th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Arkansas
Date of DeathJuly 9 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Second Lieutenant Henry D. Mitchell were accounted for in 2021. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Tablets of the Missing” at the Epinal American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.