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JOHN MALCOLM BISCHOFF
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 18, 1929 – April 22, 1961
Service recordJohn Malcolm Bischoff, of Mountain Rest, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1961, in Laos, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 7 SF GP ABN 1 SF GRP
- Born
- July 18, 1929
- Home of record
- Mountain Rest, South Carolina (Oconee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1961
- Age
- 31
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1961. In April 1961, 4 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Laos, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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 1E, Line 3
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- THEODORE GLEN FELANDSpecialist Four · April 20, 1961
- GERALD MACK BIBERSergeant · April 22, 1961
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
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.