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JAMES FRANKLIN BISHOP
Private · U.S. Army
December 7, 1948 – September 27, 1971
Service recordJames Franklin Bishop, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1971, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 27
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1971; two of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 27
- CHARLES WAYNE TURBERVILLESergeant · September 26, 1971
- HERBERT ELBRIDGE ARMSTRONGSergeant First Class · September 27, 1971
- LUIS HECTOR CAMPOSSergeant · September 27, 1971
- RANDALL KELVIN CLEMENTSSergeant · September 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HERSHEL GALE ROGERSCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 28
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.