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RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOP
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1930 – March 21, 1966
Service recordRussell Laverne Bishop, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 30, 1930
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 28
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS ARNOLD BIRD JRFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- JOHN HARRY JOHNSONSergeant Major · July 12, 1967
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.