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JAMES LOUIS BISHOP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 27, 1946 – June 23, 1969
Service recordJames Louis Bishop, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 116
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 116
- FRED MCKINLEY BAILEYStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD BARROWPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- JACKIE LEE BLANKENSHIPCorporal · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN MELTON BURNSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 117
- MICHAEL FORBESSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 118
- DAVID ROYDEN GILLSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 119
- CHARLES HENRY KELLER IICaptain · Panel 22W, Line 121
- FRANKLIN W UNDERWOOD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 3
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.