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LEONARD THOMAS BISH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1946 – May 16, 1967
Service recordLeonard Thomas Bish, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 5
- GEORGE RICHARD ANNOSSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- ROBERT BENTON BAILEYPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- ROBERT OWEN BARRYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER BEDNARZPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CLYDE SILVERCorporal · Panel 20E, Line 11
From Plymouth
- FRANK ANTHONY GLOWIAKSpecialist Four · October 27, 1966
- STERLING KITCHENER COATESCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH MICHAEL SINKEWICZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- DANIEL ANDREW WITKOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- DAVID LEESergeant · April 22, 1969
- EDISON RICHARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
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.