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.