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THE SPRINGFIELD 50 PROJECT
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Steven
Jay
Popkin
Personal
Data:
Birth Date:
3/31/38
Birth Place:
Springfield, MA
Race:
Caucasian
Religion:
Jewish
U.S. Citizen:
Yes
Father's Name:
Jacob Popkin
Mother's Name:
Gertrude (Smernoff) Popkin
Sibling Names:
Sheila (Popkin) Budnick; Darlene (Popkin) Schultz
Marital Status:
Married
Wife's Name:
Carolyn Meta (Petterson) Popkin
Offspring Names:
Aaron K. Popkin; Joshua D. Popkin; David L. Popkin
Education:
School Attended:
Sumner Avenue School, Springfield, MA
School Start Date:
9/9/42
School Attended:
Forest Park Junior High School, Springfield, MA
School Start Date:
9/7/49
School Attended:
Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, MA
School Start Date:
9/3/52
High School Diploma:
Yes
Diploma Year:
1956
Selective
Service Data:
SSS Local Board Number:
82
SSS Local Board Location:
Springfield, MA
SSS Registration Date:
4/3/56
SSS Registrant Description:
5' 8.5"/155 pounds/brown hair/brown eyes
Military
Service Record:
Entry Date:
6/15/60
Entry Mode:
Commission
Entry Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Home Of Record:
Springfield, MA
Military Branch:
Army
Military Component:
Reserve
Rank:
Captain
Rank Abbrev:
CPT
Pay Grade:
O3
MOS:
1980
MOS Title:
Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander
MOS Background:
The title commander doesn't mean that CPT Popkin was in fact the unit
commander, but that he was an officer qualified for a leadership position in
that type of unit and could be a commander.
Awards Received:
Bronze Star Medal; Purple Heart Medal; Air Medal with 9th Oak Leaf Cluster and
"V" device; National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal;
National Order 5th Class Republic of Vietnam
Badges Earned: Army Aviator Badge; Expert Infantryman Badge
Length Of Service:
6 years
Southeast Asia
Tour Data:
Date Tour Commenced:
4/29/67
Major Command:
1st Aviation Brigade
Sub Command 1:
164th Aviation Group
Sub Command 2:
307 Aviation Battalion (Combat)
Sub Command 3:
244th Surveillance Airplane Company
Base Location:
Can Tho Airfield, South Vietnam
Vehicle/Equipment Type:
OV-1C Mohawk
Vehicle/Equipment S/N:
61-2709
Army Campaign Number:
4th
Army Campaign Name:
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Casualty Data:
Casualty Date:
2/28/68
Casualty Time:
1520
Co-Casualties:
KIA: CPT Joseph C. Doyle, Aerial Observer, MACV Advisory Team 96
Casualty Age:
29
Casualty Data 1:
Hostile
Casualty Data 2:
Fixed Wing Pilot
Casualty Data 3:
Air Loss-Crash On Land
Casualty Province:
Kien Tuong Province
Casualty Country:
South Vietnam
Casualty Grid Coordinates:
XS 280 776
Located In Or Near:
Thuy Dong
Body:
Recovered
Burial/Memorial:
Burial Location:
Knoxville National Cemetery, Knoxville TN
Burial Plot Location:
Section C, Grave Number 6870B
Burial Date:
3/11/68
Consigned Funeral Home:
Stetzers Funeral Home, Morristown, TN
Escort Name:
CPT Ronald L. Vaughn, USA
Springfield 50 Casualty Order:
18th
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel Number:
41E
Line Number:
71
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