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David Bishoff

Private, U.S. Army

Service #6581195

Assigned to K Battery,
60th Coast Artillery Regiment (AntiAircraft),
Philippine Islands
Died on January 27, 1943
at the Mukden (Hoten) POW camp in Shenyang, China.

Officially Listed as Died Non-Battle
While In Prisoner of War Status

Awards:

Prisoner of War
Medal*

American Defense
Service Medal*

American Campaign
Service Medal*

Asiatic-Pacific
Campaign Medal*

World War II
Victory Medal*

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
Prisoner of War Medal Authorized for issue to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Armed Forces, was taken prisoner and held captive after April 5, 1917.
American Defense Service Medal Awarded for service between September 8, 1939 and December 7, 1941 under orders to active duty for a period of 12 months or longer.
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded for military service within the American Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal Awarded for military service with the Asiatic-Pacific Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.

*Awarded Posthumously

PVT Bishoff entered the US Army from Madison County, Idaho,
and his loss is recorded in the
Idaho World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 6, Madison County,
published by the War Department in June 1946.

His name is not found on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946

SERIAL NUMBER

6581195

NAME

BISHOFF DAVID

GRADE, ALPHA

Private

SERVICE CODE

ARMY

ARM OR SERVICE

Coast Artillery Corps or Army Mine Planter Service

DATE REPORT

5/7/1942

RACE

WHITE

STATE OF RESIDENCE

Idaho

TYPE OF ORGANIZATION

(No Data Entered)

PARENT UNIT NUMBER

(No Data Entered)

PARENT UNIT TYPE

(No Data Entered)

AREA

Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands

LATEST REPORT DATE

1/27/1943

SOURCE OF REPORT

Sources considered official.

STATUS

Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases

DETAINING POWER

JAPAN

CAMP

Hoten POW Camp (Mukden) Manchuria 42-123

REP

(No Data Entered)

POW TRANSPORT SHIPS

(No Data Entered)

Online Related Information:

Mukden POWs, Last Name "B" by the Mukden Prisoner Of War Remembrance Society

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

6581195

NAME

BISHOFF DAVID

RESIDENCE: STATE

IDAHO

RESIDENCE: COUNTY

MADISON

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

FT MACARTHUR SAN PEDRO CALIFORNIA

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

11/23/1940

GRADE, ALPHA

Private

BRANCH: CODE

Coast Artillery Corps or Army Mine Planter Service

TERM OF ENLISTMENT

Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law.

LONGEVITY

(No Data Entered)

SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL

Enlisted Man, Regular Army, within 3 months of Discharge or former WAAC Auxiliary

NATIVITY

IDAHO

YEAR OF BIRTH

1918

RACE AND CITIZENSHIP

White, citizen

EDUCATION

Grammar school

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION

Soldiers, sailors, marines, and coast guards, n.e.c.

MARITAL STATUS

Single, without dependents

COMPONENT OF THE ARMY

Regular Army (Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)

CARD, BOX, FILM REEL #

#, 0033, 1.101

Online Related Information:

No Additional Data Available at This Time

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
World War II Prisoners of the Japanese File, 2007 Update, ca. 1941 - ca. 1945

NAME

BISHOFF DAVID

RANK

Private

SERVICE NUMBER

6581195

ARM OR SERVICE

Coast Artillery Corps

SOURCE 1

Center for Research Allied POWs Under the Japanese by Roger Mansell

SOURCE 2

(No Data Entered)

SOURCE 3

(No Data Entered)

SUBORDINATE UNIT

K Battery

ASSIGNED UNIT

60th Coast Artillery Regiment (AntiAircraft)

PARENT UNIT

Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays

POW CAMPS NOTES

(No Data Entered)

Online Related Information:

No Additional Data Available at This Time

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