Charles F. Bishop was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He joined the U.S. Navy and by the time of the Vera Cruz expedition in 1914 was a Quartermaster Second Class assigned to the battleship
USS Florida. Bishop went ashore as a member of a five-man signal squad led by Ensign
Edward O. McDonnell. The other squad members were
Charles L. Nordsiek,
Fred J. Schnepel and
James A. Walsh. Despite being under constant enemy fire the afternoon of April 21 and morning of April 22, the squad continued to relay signals to and from offshore from an exposed rooftop position. Bishop was awarded the Medal of Honor in June 1914 and received it in January 1915. Bishop remained in the Navy and rose to the rank of
chief quartermaster. He is buried in the
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in
San Diego, California. ==Medal of Honor citation==