Florida Fallen Stories

Photo courtesy of Mark Krancer

Felix George Poppell

Ordinary Seaman. Born in Sharpes, Brevard County, Florida, on January 6, 1899, one of seven children of Robert Clayton Poppell (1859-1940), a citrus grower and county tax accessor, and Isabella Franklin Faulkner (1871-1945). Enlisted in U.S. Coast Guard at Fort Pierce on April 17, 1917. Mrs. Poppell participated in the government-sponsored Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimage to honor her son in 1931. (USCG Service Card; Veterans Administration Master Index; Burial Case File)

 

 

 

Felix George Poppell was on board the USCGC Tampa. To read about the Tampa, please click here.