John Malcolm Bischoff

Vietnam War
Unit7th Special Forces Group
RankSergeant First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service FromMountain Rest South Carolina
Date of DeathApril 22 1961
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Sergeant First Class Bischoff was a member of Company B, 7th Special Forces Group. On April 22, 1961, he was a medic with a field training team attached to the 6th Bataillon d'infanterie (Lao) at Ban Pha Home about 30 miles north of Vang Vieng, Laos. The battalion was overrun by the Pathet Lao, and Sergeant First Class Bischoff was killed during the withdrawal. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.