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Personal info

Full name
POPE, Alexander Winthrop
Date of birth
13 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Newton Centre, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31420654
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
Near Honskirch, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 9

Immediate family

Members
Alexander W. Pope (father)
Letitia E. N. (Goodchild) Pope (mother)
Benjamin Pope (brother)

More information

Pvt Alexander W. Pope was employed at the Pope Lumber Company before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 9 September 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Hamilton Irish Family Tree, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

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