deaths
December 16, 1983
Mitchell WerBell III, American mercenary (born 1918)
Mitchell WerBell III
Mitchell Livingston WerBell III was a U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operative, mercenary, paramilitary trainer, firearms engineer, and arms dealer.
Mercenary
A mercenary is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather than for political interests.
December 16
December 16 is the 350th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 15 days remain until the end of the year.