James Mitchell – First Lieutenant, United States Army

James Mitchell of Ireland

  • Appointed Private, Corporal and Sergeant, Troop L, and Quartermaster Sergeant, 7th United States Cavalry, 6 December 1867 to 6 December 1872
  • Appointed Private and then Sergeant, United States Army Signal Corps, 19 December 1872 to I7 August 1885
  • Appointed Second Lieutenant, Army Signal Corps, 15 August 1885
  • Second Lieutenant, 15th United States Infantry, 4 February 1891
  • First Lieutenant, 9th United States Infantry, 18 June 1892
  • Transferred to the 14th United States Infantry, 12 August 1892
  • Died 6 February 1899 of wounds received in action on 5 February 1899 at Pasay, Philippine Islands.

He was buried with full military honors in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery.  His wife, Adelia H. Mitchell, never remarried and died on 23 March 1942, having outlived him by 44 years.


MITCHELL, JAMES

  • LT CO F REGT 14TH
  • VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
  • DATE OF DEATH: 02/06/1899
  • DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
  • BURIED AT:   SITE 445
  • ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

MITCHELL, ADELIA H W/O JAMES

  • DATE OF DEATH: 03/23/1943
  • DATE OF INTERMENT: 03/25/1943
  • BURIED AT: SECTION WEST  SITE 440
  • ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
  • WIFE OF JAMES MITCHELL – 1ST LT CO F 14TH US INF

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