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Captain Raymond Aubrey ("Red") Mitchell
 
 
== Captain Raymond Aubrey ("Red") Mitchell ==
 
  
 
''5 October 1918 &#8211; 12 December 1944''
 
''5 October 1918 &#8211; 12 December 1944''
  
''[[Wikipedia:National_Youth_Administration| National Youth Administration]] worker''
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''[[Wikipedia:National_Youth_Administration| National Youth Administration (NYA)]] worker''
  
 
''Recipient of [[Wikipedia:Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States)| Distinguished Flying Cross]], [[Wikipedia:Air_Medal| Air Medal]] with [[Wikipedia:Oak_leaf_cluster| oak leaf cluster]]s, and Distinctive Lead Crew awards.''
 
''Recipient of [[Wikipedia:Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States)| Distinguished Flying Cross]], [[Wikipedia:Air_Medal| Air Medal]] with [[Wikipedia:Oak_leaf_cluster| oak leaf cluster]]s, and Distinctive Lead Crew awards.''
  
 
''Earned ribbons for the [[Wikipedia:China_Burma_India_Theater| China-Burma-India]] and [[Wikipedia:European_theatre_of_World_War_II| European]] theaters.''
 
''Earned ribbons for the [[Wikipedia:China_Burma_India_Theater| China-Burma-India]] and [[Wikipedia:European_theatre_of_World_War_II| European]] theaters.''
 
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== Personal History ==
 
== Personal History ==
Mitchell was born in Perry, Arkansas to James H. and Pearl J. Mitchell. He had two siblings, Christine and Jeweldine Mitchell. He attended the Arkansas State Teachers College from 1938 to 1939.
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Mitchell was born in Perry, Arkansas to James H. and Pearl J. Mitchell. He had two siblings, Christine and Jeweldine Mitchell. He attended the [[Wikipedia:University_of_Central_Arkansas| Arkansas State Teachers College]] from 1938 to 1939.
  
 
Mitchell married Emmandell High on July 17, 1944 in St. Francis, Arkansas. He was a worker for NYA. Throughout his life, he lived in the Arkansas towns of Bentley, Conway, Perry, and Henton.  
 
Mitchell married Emmandell High on July 17, 1944 in St. Francis, Arkansas. He was a worker for NYA. Throughout his life, he lived in the Arkansas towns of Bentley, Conway, Perry, and Henton.  
  
He enlisted in the 154th Observation Squadron, 19th Tactical Air Command, 379th Fighter Squadron of the US Army Air Forces. While in the military, he served in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. He went Missing in Action over Germany. A day after he was announced as MIA, he was promoted to major.
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He enlisted in the 154th Observation Squadron, 19th Tactical Air Command, 379th Fighter Squadron of the US Army Air Forces. While in the military, he served in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany.
 
 
== Death ==
 
  
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He went Missing in Action over Germany. A day after he was announced as MIA, he was promoted to major.
 
*Passed in Germany on December 12, 1944
 
*Passed in Germany on December 12, 1944
 
*Buried in the [[Wikipedia:Little_Rock_National_Cemetery| Little Rock National Cemetery]]
 
*Buried in the [[Wikipedia:Little_Rock_National_Cemetery| Little Rock National Cemetery]]
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Latest revision as of 14:28, 18 April 2018

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#6 Raymond Aubrey ("Red") Mitchell
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Captain Raymond Aubrey ("Red") Mitchell

5 October 1918 – 12 December 1944

National Youth Administration (NYA) worker

Recipient of Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with oak leaf clusters, and Distinctive Lead Crew awards.

Earned ribbons for the China-Burma-India and European theaters.

Personal History

Mitchell was born in Perry, Arkansas to James H. and Pearl J. Mitchell. He had two siblings, Christine and Jeweldine Mitchell. He attended the Arkansas State Teachers College from 1938 to 1939.

Mitchell married Emmandell High on July 17, 1944 in St. Francis, Arkansas. He was a worker for NYA. Throughout his life, he lived in the Arkansas towns of Bentley, Conway, Perry, and Henton.

He enlisted in the 154th Observation Squadron, 19th Tactical Air Command, 379th Fighter Squadron of the US Army Air Forces. While in the military, he served in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany.

He went Missing in Action over Germany. A day after he was announced as MIA, he was promoted to major.

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