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MICHAEL RICHARD BISHOP
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 25, 1948 – December 16, 1968
Service recordMichael Richard Bishop, of Napa, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Napa, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 28
- DEAN FRANCIS SPAULDING JRFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1968
- DAVID HAROLD ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- ANDRES BALAIStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- RENE ARMAND BOISSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE GROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 30
- WARDELL PERKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 30
From Napa
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- PATRICK DALE MORIARTYChief Petty Officer · March 9, 1968
- ARNOLD JAY FERRARIStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1968
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY CLASENPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT LEE COONRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · September 22, 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.