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RICHARD LAVERN BISHOP
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1938 – October 1, 1966
Service recordRichard Lavern Bishop, of Covina, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 3, 1938
- Home of record
- Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 32
- ROGER LEE BONNER JRPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- TERRY LEE SNYDERSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES DEMARSICOPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- CURTIS L FITZPATRICK JRCorporal · October 1, 1966
From Covina
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- MELVIN GLEN MOFFETTCorporal · February 5, 1967
- TERRY GENE HEEKINSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSONLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- STANLEY GRANT STRONGCorporal · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL KENNETH HARESpecialist Five · March 30, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO OLLIVIERPetty Officer Second Class · February 23, 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.