The body of Pfc. William R. Mitchell, formerly of Blandy avenue, who died in service in England Sept. 22, 1914, will arrive here Monday evening and will be taken to the Mader-Peoples funeral home.
   Pfc. Mitchell, who was born In 1922 in Clarksburg. W. Va had spent most of his life here. He was a member of the North Terrace Church of Christ, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. His parents were Charles and Gladys Mitchell.
   Surviving are his mother; two sisters, Mrs. Earl Frick of Chandlersville road, and Mrs. R. J. Powell of Akron; and a brother, Charles of Sharon.
 The body will remain at the funeral home until services which will be private. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.

[The Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH, 23 Jul 1948, Fri, Page 15]

PFC. MITCHELL RITES The body of Pfc. William R. Mitchell, who died in England In 1944, will arrive here Monday night and will be taken to the Mader-Peoples funeral home. Private funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home with Rev. D. R. Dunn officiating. Burial will be In Greenwood cemetery.

[The Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH, 26 Jul 1948, Mon, Page 6]

Application for grave marker for Pfc William R. Mitchell to be erected in Greenwood Cemetery.

1 - Grave marker for Pfc William R. Mitchell, Interment number 5567, in the Greenwood Cemetery, Zanesville, OH.

2 - Monument honoring the men and women from Muskingum County, OH that served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

3 - Memorial's WW-II column

4 - Pfc Mitchell's name on that column

[images 1 thru 4  courtesy of Melanie Von Gunten]

Pfc Mitchell was one of three men killed as a result of an accidental explosion during the loading of aircraft on September 2, 1944 in Fulbeck, England.

A detail of paratroopers from I Company, 508th, had started to unload six parapacks.  One of the packs containing 28 land mines was dropped on the ground and exploded on impact.  The explosion caused a chain of explosions setting off all 28 mines.   It was later determined that one of the mines had a defective detonator.