
Everett P. Pope
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 15 years ago |
Date of birth | July 16,1919 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Milton |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Date of died | July 16,2009 |
Died | Bath |
Maine | |
United States | |
Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
Children | Laurence Pope |
Education | Bowdoin College |
North Quincy High School | |
Awards | Medal of Honor |
Bronze Star Medal | |
Rank | Major |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1194030 |
Everett P. Pope Life story
Major Everett Parker Pope was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his conspicuous gallantry on Peleliu in September 1944 while leading his men in an assault on a strategic hill, and for holding it, with rocks and bare fists when ammunition ran low, against Japanese suicide attacks.