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ROSTEN WAYNE BISHOP
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
February 20, 1933 – May 21, 1966
Service recordRosten Wayne Bishop, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 21, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 93
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 20, 1933
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 93
- THEODORE JACKSON BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- CLARENCE RAY BRAMEPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- JAMES JOHN BROPHYCorporal · May 21, 1966
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.