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WILLIAM BUEL BISHOP II
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1947 – October 22, 1969
Service recordWilliam Buel Bishop II, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 104
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 104
- NEVIN OAKLEY FARNSWORTH JRSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- DALE EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- JAMES DOUGLAS TRAYLORCorporal · October 21, 1969
- CRAIG HOWARD WEBERSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY CLAUDE REYNOLDSStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 106
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.