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WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOF
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 11, 1937 – February 13, 1967
Service recordWolfram Walther Bischof, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 24
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 11, 1937
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 24
- RUDOLPH FRANCIS DUNGEEWarrant Officer 1 · February 13, 1967
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- RICHARD CUNNINGHAM GLIDDENCaptain · February 13, 1967
- BARRY JASON GOODMANSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BARRY JASON GOODMANSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 24
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
- ELMORE BRITTINGHAM JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 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.