The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
William Benson Mitchell
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
A CO 19 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
July 29, 1950
Private First Class Mitchell was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded by the enemy and taken Prisoner of War in South Korea on July 16, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died of those wounds at Pyongyang, North Korea on July 29, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.