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ROGER WAYNE BISHOP
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 7, 1949 – September 7, 1969
Service recordRoger Wayne Bishop, of Beltsville, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 53
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- August 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Beltsville, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 53
- ROBERT CHARLES BENOIT JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES BEST JRSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- GARY LEE BOWDLERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- JOHN LEWIS ERFORD JRCorporal · September 7, 1969
From Beltsville
- GARLAND CLAUDE BOBBITTSergeant · March 17, 1966
- JOHN DAVID KRAMERSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- DAVID ELMER WELCHStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1967
- JAMES HOWARD JONESLance Corporal · August 1, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD JONES JRFirst Lieutenant · March 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.