World War II Honoree

James Thomas Mitchell

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Virginia

Honored By

Shirley Va Mitchell Wilson

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED ABOARD USS WASP. KILLED IN ACTION MARCH 19, 1945 WHEN AN ENEMY BOMB EXPLODED ON THE VESSEL NEAR SHIKOKU, JAPAN. AWARDED PURPLE HEART AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 1 SILVER AND TWO BRONZE STARS FOR PARTICIPATION IN ENGAGEMENTS OF: MARIANA ISLANDS OPERATION, INCLUDING THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA (JUNE-JULY, 1944); CAROLINE ISLANDS OPERATION, INCLUDING FIRST RAIDS ON PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND MOROTAI (SEPTEMBER, 1944); NEUTRALIZATION OF BASES IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, FORMOSA AND NANSAI SHOTO (SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1944); BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF (OCTOBER, 1944); CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, INCLUDING RAIDS ON INDO-CHINA, CHINA AND FORMOSA (OCTOBER, 1944 TO JANUARY, 1945); CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION OF IWO JIMA, INCLUDING FIRST RAIDS ON THE EMPIRE (FEBRUARY, 1945); AND CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION OF OKINAWA, INCLUDING SECOND RAIDS ON THE EMPIRE (MARCH, 1945).