Janey Lee Pope
Staff Sergeant Janey Lee Pope, one of the four "fighting sons" of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pope of near Berryville, was killed in action in Germany on December 19, 1944, the Clarke Courier reported, and so far as the paper could learn he was the first Clarke County soldier killed in action in the war. He had turned 23 on December 9, and on December 13 he had spent several days visiting his brother, Staff Sergt. Robert Edward Pope, in France.
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IDENTITY Confirmed The page rests on one Courier item that names him; no other record is matched to him here.
Clarke connection: Family residence in a newspaper report: the Courier of December 28, 1944 calls him one of four sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pope of near Berryville (C1252).
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| War | World War II | Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 28, 1944, page 1: "Sgt. Janey L. Pope Killed In Action In Germany" The statement | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY Confirmed |
| Rank | Staff Sergt. | Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 28, 1944, page 1: "Sgt. Janey L. Pope Killed In Action In Germany" The statement | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY Confirmed |
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| Date not established | The Clarke Courier of December 28, 1944 reported that Staff Sergt. Janey Lee Pope, one of four fighting sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pope of near Berryville, was killed in action in Germany on December 19, as the War Department wired his parents on Tuesday; that he had turned 23 on December 9; that on December 13 he spent several days visiting his brother, Staff Sergt. Robert Edward Pope, in France; and that his death, "so far as can be learned, is the first Clarke county soldier to be killed in action in the present conflict." | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY ConfirmedThis is the item the entity was created from. | See the source and its limits✓ LikelyAn account exists
The Clarke Courier of December 28, 1944 reported that Staff Sergt. Janey Lee Pope, one of four fighting sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pope of near Berryville, was killed in action in Germany on December 19, as the War Department wired his parents on Tuesday; that he had turned 23 on December 9; that on December 13 he spent several days visiting his brother, Staff Sergt. Robert Edward Pope, in France; and that his death, "so far as can be learned, is the first Clarke county soldier to be killed in action in the present conflict." What the source supportsThat the Courier reported Janey Lee Pope killed in action in Germany in December 1944, and its qualified statement that he was the county's first. UncertaintyThe paper's report of a War Department telegram, which was not seen. The death date is December 19 here and December 16 in a later Courier item (October 4, 1945, page 16, held as machine text only); the two are not reconciled, and the story gives only the month. "First Clarke county soldier" is the paper's qualified statement, not a verified count. His unit and the list of survivors are not used, and the survivors named are not joined to names in earlier items. SourceEvidence role: supports. The first, third and last paragraphs. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 28, 1944, page 1: "Sgt. Janey L. Pope Killed In Action In Germany"Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1944-12-28 (publication) Locator: Page 1, "Sgt. Janey L. Pope Killed In Action In Germany," the telegram, his age, the visit to his brother in France and the closing sentence Relevant passageso far as can be learned, is the first Clarke county soldier to be killed in action in the present conflict. Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled. Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. |
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December 1944: Staff Sergeant Janey Lee Pope is killed in action in Germany; so far as the paper could learn, the first Clarke County soldier killed in the war.
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Passage it reproduces: Page 1, "Sgt. Janey L. Pope Killed In Action In Germany," the telegram, his age, the visit to his brother in France and the closing sentence
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- The Clarke Courier of December 28, 1944 reported that Staff Sergt. Janey Lee Pope, one of four fighting sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pope of near Berryville, was killed in action in Germany on December 19, as the War Department wired his parents on Tuesday; that he had turned 23 on December 9; that on December 13 he spent several days visiting his brother, Staff Sergt. Robert Edward Pope, in France; and that his death, "so far as can be learned, is the first Clarke county soldier to be killed in action in the present conflict."
People namedClarke County, Berryville, Janey Lee Pope
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 28, 1944, page 1.
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- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 28, 1944, page 1: "Sgt. Janey L. Pope Killed In Action In Germany", Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va.
- Date as printed
- 1944-12-28 (published)
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- Page 1, "Sgt. Janey L. Pope Killed In Action In Germany," the telegram, his age, the visit to his brother in France and the closing sentence
- What it supports
- The Clarke Courier of December 28, 1944 reported that Staff Sergt. Janey Lee Pope, one of four fighting sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pope of near Berryville, was killed in action in Germany on December 19, as the War Department wired his parents on Tuesday; that he had turned 23 on December 9; that on December 13 he spent several days visiting his brother, Staff Sergt. Robert Edward Pope, in France; and that his death, "so far as can be learned, is the first Clarke county soldier to be killed in action in the present conflict."
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