THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. May you rest in eternal peace.

James...........Hnoring you on your birthday.......Never forgotten........God Bless

On September 27, 1971, a U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A (tail number 67-16629) from C Troop, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, was on a mission in An Xugen Province (IV Corps), RVN, when it received hostile small arms ground fire 14 miles northeast of Ap Da Bac. The aircraft crashed and burned with the loss of both crewmen. The lost aircrew included pilot CPT Rogers H. Gale and gunner PVT Bishop J. Franklin. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and vhpa.org]

DEAR PRIVATE JAMES BISHOP,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE HELPER. IT HAS BEEN FAR TOO LONG FOR ALL OF YOU TO HAVE BEEN GONE. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE, AND YOUR SACRIFICE. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOUR COURAGE.. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE. MANY OF US HAVE BEGUN OUR JOURNEY TO EASTER. AND YOU ARE ALL IN OUR PRAYERS.

James is buried at Warren County Memorial Park, Monmouth, Warren County,IL.