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JAMES MATTHEW BISHOP
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1946 – May 10, 1967
Service recordJames Matthew Bishop, of Society Hill, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 77
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Society Hill, South Carolina (Darlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; 34 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 77
- HEINZ AHLMEYER JRSecond Lieutenant · May 10, 1967
- ELPIDIO ALLEN ARQUEROStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BEIRNESpecialist Four · May 10, 1967
- ALLAN FREDERICK BERWEGERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
From Society Hill
- LEVERN COSOMPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ERNEST CLARENCE HOWLECorporal · February 25, 1969
- JESSE WILLARD MONTAGUE JRStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1972
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.