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MORELL JOE POPE
Private · U.S. Army
December 31, 1947 – September 21, 1967
Service recordMorell Joe Pope, of Monroe, Utah, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 106
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Monroe, Utah (Sevier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 106
- KENNETH LEO PLUMADORELance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- TIAGO REISCorporal · September 21, 1967
- DONALD JUAN RICHARDSLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- NESTOR J RIVERA-TRINIDADSpecialist Four · September 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS FREDERICK DURBINPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 101
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.