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DALE ALAN BISHOP
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – April 13, 1967
Service recordDale Alan Bishop, of Dolton, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 21
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Dolton, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 21
- CHARLES DUFFY BLACKFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE BOYLESpecialist Four · April 13, 1967
- HARRY MILTON BRENNMajor · April 13, 1967
- MARSHALL EDWARD BROWNTechnical Sergeant · April 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EUGENE BOYLESpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 21
- WALTER LEWIS GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 22
- PAUL J LIFRIERIPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 23
From Dolton
- LARRY CHANDLER WESTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH LENOVERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- HAROLD DEAN SPRAGGSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN SCHNELLER JRPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- DAVID KNOXLance Corporal · June 8, 1968
- JAMES CLARKE BEAVERCorporal · November 4, 1969
- JAMES HARRY SACHASCHIKPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.