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DAVID FRED POPP
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 5, 1943 – March 14, 1969
Service recordDavid Fred Popp, of Milwaukie, Oregon, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 39
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Milwaukie, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 39
- WILLIAM LEROY MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- JOEL LE ROY MILLERSergeant · March 14, 1969
- PHILLIP RANDALL PANNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT POLLARD JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE NICKLYS CHASEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29W, Line 36
- PHILLIP RANDALL PANNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 29W, Line 39
From Milwaukie
- ROBERT JAMES PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- WAYNE CONRAD REINECKEPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COOPERPetty Officer Third Class · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON GREELEYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN BLOCKPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- LARRY ALBERT IANNETTASpecialist Five · March 29, 1968
- DONALD RAYMOND SCHAFERSeaman Apprentice · May 1, 1968
- LARRY ERNEST DIKEMANCorporal · May 31, 1969
- DANIEL IRVIN MAMBRETTIPrivate First Class · January 30, 1970
- RODNEY KEITH ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1970
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.