Name: Army Sgt. 1st Class Jason L. Bishop 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
Joining Army was soldiers 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 Bishops.
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 Years 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.
Bishops longtime friend, Craig Hungler, 30, of Covington, described the soldier as someone devoted to his two children and stepdaughter. Hungler recalled...
Prayers & Condolences For: Jason L. Bishop BY DONNYDO on May 10, 2006
Dear Lord hear my prayer. 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.