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CHARLES ALFRED POPE JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 14, 1951 – November 18, 1970
Service recordCharles Alfred Pope JR, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 69
- ORVILLE CURTIS ROGERS JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1970
- JOHN FRANK STOCKMANCorporal · November 18, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD STOLZ JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE TUCKERLance Corporal · November 18, 1970
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.