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NAME Viva Arvil Bishop |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 272972 |
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| UNIT Marine Detachment USS Houston |
HOME OF RECORD Lone Oak, TX |
NEXT OF KIN Grandmother, Mrs. Agatha Bishop |
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| DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1921 at Clarksville, TN |
ENTERED SERVICE July 6, 1939 at Dallas, TS |
DATE OF LOSS March 1, 1942 |
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| REGION Java Sea |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Sunda Strait |
CASUALTY TYPE Missing In Action Declared Dead December 15, 1945 |
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| 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. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Corporal |
STATUS OF REMAINS Lost at sea |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
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