Everett P. Pope

Everett P. Pope
Major Everett P. Pope, Medal of Honor recipient
Birth nameEverett Parker Pope
Born(1919-07-16)July 16, 1919
Milton, Massachusetts, US
DiedJuly 16, 2009(2009-07-16) (aged 90)
Bath, Maine, US
Place of burial
AllegianceUnited States
Service / branchUnited States Marine Corps
Years of service1941–1951
RankMajor
Unit1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division
Battles / warsWorld War II
 • Guadalcanal Campaign
 • Battle of Cape Gloucester
 • Battle of Peleliu
Awards

Major Everett Parker Pope (July 16, 1919 – July 16, 2009) 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.