Archie Emerson Mitchell | |
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Born | |
Disappeared | May 30, 1962 (aged 44) Vietnam |
Status | Missing for 62 years, 4 months and 22 days |
Occupation(s) | minister, missionary |
Employer | Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) |
Spouse(s) | Elsie Winters Mitchell (m.1943–1945) Betty Patzke Mitchell (m.1947–1962) |
Children | 4 |
The Reverend Archie Emerson Mitchell (born May 1, 1918) was a minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). He was born in Franklin, Nebraska.[1] He attended Simpson Bible College and Nyack Missionary College. Mitchell served as a missionary to South Vietnam working on the staff of the Ban Me Thuot Leprosarium[2] when he was taken captive by the Vietcong on May 30, 1962,[3] along with Daniel Amstutz Gerber[4] and Dr. Eleanor Ardel Vietti.[5] None of the three have been seen since.