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EDWARD ALLEN BISCHOFF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 3, 1949 – January 12, 1970
Service recordEdward Allen Bischoff, of Beaver, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 28
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Beaver, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 28
- JOHN COOKE BREWTONLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1970
- RICHARD BRUCE SPENCECorporal · January 11, 1970
- JIMMY LEE CHAMBLISSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1970
- JAMES GILBERT DALTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1970
From Beaver
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MULLENSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- ROGER MORTON NETHERLANDCaptain · May 10, 1967
- MICHAEL ALLEN CASPCaptain · November 14, 1967
- DONOVAN RUSSEL FLUHARTYSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
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.