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Personal info

Full name
POPE, Melvin Jasper
Date of birth
27 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Manitou, Tillman County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Frederick County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38024968
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 17

Immediate family

Members
William L. Pope (father)
Mary E. (Eaton) Pope (mother)
Floyd L. Pope (brother)
Winnie F. Pope (sister)
Nora A. Pope (sister)
Dona B. Pope (sister)
Mona M. Pope (sister)
Wilma Pope (sister)

More information

Sgt Melvin J. Pope was a driver before he enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 7 April 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Rasor Sharp / 1930 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Amy Marshall Tooley