Jason L. Bishop
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Age: 31
From: Williamstown, Ky.
Assigned to the 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Army Sgt. 1st Class Jason L. Bishop was killed Jan. 1 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during patrol operations in As Siniyah, Iraq.
Died: January 01, 2006
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Joining Army was soldier’s calling, says friend
WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. — As best Teresa Frost could tell, joining the Army was a calling for Jason Lee Bishop.
“Some people join to get their college paid. He joined because that was what he wanted to do,” said Frost, 46, a family friend of Bishop’s.
Frost was one of about 200 family and friends who gathered Saturday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home to remember, Bishop, a Sgt. 1st Class with 101st Airborne Division, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
Bishop died New Year’s Day in Siniyah, Iraq, when a bomb detonated near his vehicle.
Complete funeral arrangements were not available Saturday night, but Bishop will be buried Jan. 14 at Calvary Cemetery in Louisville.
Bishop’s longtime friend, Craig Hungler, 30, of Covington, described the soldier as someone devoted to his two children and stepdaughter. Hungler recalled...
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Prayers & Messages
Please embrace with all Your love and mercy the soul of this brave soldier and comfort him with Your Divine Presence.
Bless his heart and keep his family in Your Hands, Guard them and comfort them.
Amen