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Viva A. Bishop

NAME
Viva Arvil Bishop
NICKNAME
SERVICE NUMBER
272972
UNIT
Marine Detachment
USS Houston
HOME OF RECORD
Lone Oak, TX
NEXT OF KIN
Grandmother, Mrs. Agatha Bishop
DATE OF BIRTH
June 23, 1921
at Clarksville, TN
ENTERED SERVICE
July 6, 1939
at Dallas, TS
DATE OF LOSS
March 1, 1942
REGION
Java Sea
CAMPAIGN / AREA
Sunda Strait
CASUALTY TYPE
Missing In Action
Declared Dead December 15, 1945
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
Corporal Viva A. Bishop was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the cruiser USS Houston. He was last seen aboard his ship on 1 March 1942, when she was sunk in the battle of Sunda Strait.Bishop’s body was never found, and he was officially declared dead on 15 December 1945.
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK
Corporal
STATUS OF REMAINS
Lost at sea
MEMORIALS
Manila American Cemetery

Biography:
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Articles & Records:

The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, TX) 23 March 1942.

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