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JOHN WILLIAM BISCHOFF
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 6, 1942 – August 3, 1967
Service recordJohn William Bischoff, of Tecumseh, Nebraska, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 3, 1967, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- January 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Tecumseh, Nebraska (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 71
- RUFUS WILSON BILLSSergeant First Class · August 3, 1967
- CLARENCE HERBERT BROOKSSpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- RONALD LEE BUMPUSSergeant · August 3, 1967
- FREDDIE DON LAWSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DUDLEY WILEYCaptain · Panel 24E, Line 75
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.