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EDWARD JAMES BISHOP JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1948 – April 29, 1970
Service recordEdward James Bishop JR, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 29, 1970
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 66
- MICHAEL J VANGELISTISergeant · April 28, 1970
- WILLIE AUSTIN JRSpecialist Four · April 29, 1970
- EDGAR DAVIDSON BERNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1970
- ROBERT SIDNEY BOGGSCorporal · April 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR DAVIDSON BERNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 66
- ROBERT SIDNEY BOGGSCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 66
- DAVID MOY BURKE JRSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 67
- DENNIS WAYNE HUNTERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 68
- JEFFREY JOHN KLAVESSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 68
- JAMES WILLIAM MCGUIRESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 69
- CARL EUGENE PATTENCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 69
- CLINT JOSEPH SIMSSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- ROY HARRISON SNYDERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- WILLIAM JOHN STIEVESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- LINWOOD ALFERONIA WALKERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 71
- FREDERICK EDWARD WORTMANNSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 71
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
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.