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JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOP
Major · U.S. Army
January 11, 1935 – September 19, 1968
Service recordJoseph Adrian Bishop, of College Park, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 33
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 11, 1935
- Home of record
- College Park, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Darlac Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 33
- ELWYN REX CAPLINGColonel · January 19, 1968
- ALBERT A BANUELOS JRSergeant · September 19, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANK BIBERSergeant · September 19, 1968
- FRANK OWEN BONNARENSMajor · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK OWEN BONNARENSMajor · Panel 43W, Line 33
- THOMAS HENRY CLARKEN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 34
- JAMES JOHN STITESSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 43
- WILLIAM EDWARD DICK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 44
From College Park
- JOHNNY F LONGWarrant Officer 1 · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN LIPSCOMBSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- JERRY GORDON WALLERLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- ROCKE DARRELL RAMSEYLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT JERRY PADGETTCorporal · October 7, 1967
- JOHNNY RAY BRYSONSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- MARVIN LACY MAYOCorporal · March 26, 1968
- KENNETH DOUGLAS SMITHSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- PHILIP WARREN WEAVERCorporal · August 26, 1968
- DAN BAKER NORTONPetty Officer First Class · September 28, 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.