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ROGER EARL BISHOP
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – August 25, 1968
Service recordRoger Earl Bishop, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 11
- DANIEL LEONE ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- CARL LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- LESLIE L BRUCKER JRStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUAN MANUEL QUINONESCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 21
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.