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WOODROW WILSON BISHOP JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 24, 1949 – May 5, 1969
Service recordWoodrow Wilson Bishop JR, of Northport, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Northport, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 4
- RICHARD L BAUMBERGER JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1969
- ODELL CRAIGSpecialist Four · May 5, 1969
- CURTIS CLEVELAND DEESSergeant First Class · May 5, 1969
- JAMES MARION ELLISSergeant · May 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEON LASSITERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 6
From Northport
- JIMMY B TAYLORSergeant · April 2, 1966
- CARL BROWNSpecialist Four · November 18, 1966
- JOHN ALBERT HAMNERPlatoon Sergeant · February 13, 1967
- ARNOLD HOSEA SULLIVANSergeant · January 8, 1968
- BILLY WELLSSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- OTIS CARTHAGE JRCorporal · December 28, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD WHITEWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1970
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.