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EDGAR LEE BISHOP
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1946 – January 9, 1970
Service recordEdgar Lee Bishop, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 16
- MICHAEL CLARENCE VICKERYCorporal · January 8, 1970
- WILLIAM JUNIOR AHARTSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
- LARRY PAUL BARTLETTSergeant First Class · January 9, 1970
- WILLIAM JOHN BECKERLance Corporal · January 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD BERNARD EISERT JRPrivate · Panel 14W, Line 17
- LARRY DONALD GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 18
- CHARLES WILLIAM KLANCKESergeant · Panel 14W, Line 19
- RICARDO SERENILPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 20
- MARK DEE VINCENTCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 21
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
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.