First Lieutenant John Lendrum Mitchell | UW Gold Star Honor Roll
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John Lendrum Mitchell

Graduating Class of 1917
Served in World War I

First Lieutenant
John Lendrum Mitchell

Army
A.S.S.C.

Hometown

Milwaukee, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Toul, France

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Saint-Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France

More About First Lieutenant Mitchell

First Lieutenant Mitchell enlisted in the aviation section of the Signal Corps. He was trained at the Aviation Ground School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the American Flying School at Paris where he received his commission in September. At the time of his death he had charge of the construction of two fields. First Lieutenant Mitchell was killed when he fell from his plane.