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JAMES WALTER BISHOP
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1949 – December 12, 1969
Service recordJames Walter Bishop, of Moline, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Moline, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 49
- RAYMOND RICHARD PISENO JRSecond Lieutenant · December 11, 1969
- GERALD LEE BALDWINCorporal · December 12, 1969
- ALBERT FRANK BAST JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD DEMORE JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1969
From Moline
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · June 19, 1967
- ROLLEEN C SORIMPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- ROGER ELLIS JARVISSergeant First Class · October 16, 1967
- LEROY ALPHUS ROSTPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LEROY FLOYD SCHYSKAPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · December 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JAY WARRENFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- RAYMOND ROBERT VARNER JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- RICKY JEROME ALMANZACorporal · September 3, 1968
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.