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EMMETT FELTON POPE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1944 – January 19, 1967
Service recordEmmett Felton Pope JR, of Danville, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Danville, Georgia (Twiggs County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 53
- DENNIS MICHAEL EHRLICHLieutenant (junior grade) · January 19, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL EVANSCorporal · January 19, 1967
- ROGER LOUIS PARKERCorporal · January 19, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL QUEYSergeant · January 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROSS MICHAEL BEESpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 52
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 52
- DAVID MICHAEL QUEYSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 53
- JAMES VINCENT RALSTONSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 54
- EFRAIN ZUNIGA JRCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 54
From Danville
- JAMES EDWARD RICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- JOHNNY B NESBITTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
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.