Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Mitchell Conrad Short
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U.S. Marine Corps · United States United States

Mitchell Conrad Short

Lance Corporal
1946 – 1965
Purple HeartNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 02E
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Lance Corporal Mitchell Conrad Short served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Mitchell served in the Vietnam War. Mitchell was 18 years old.

How They Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Gunshot wound
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Tin
Keepsakes
Mitchell Conrad Short
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Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
H CO, 2ND BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
0311: RIFLEMAN
LCPL
RIFLEMAN
QUANG TIN
1965
Pay grade E03.
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Awards & Decorations 4

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 02E · Line 61 cut as MITCHELL C SHORT
Burial Information
Cemetery Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
In Our Keeping
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Mitchell Conrad Short
Lance Corporal
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1965
2nd Battalion 4th Marines
Lance Corporal
Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
2nd Battalion 4th Marines - Insignia

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