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Personal info

Full name
POORE, Max
Date of birth
21 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Medora, Jackson County, Indiana
Hometown
Medora, Jackson County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
O1011896
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 21 16

Immediate family

Members
Harley H. Poore (father)
Pearl A. (Boling) Poore (mother)
Vivian Poore (sister)
Reova I. Poore (sister)
Kelso M. Poore (brother)
Betty (Starr) Poore (wife)

More information

1st Lt Max Poore graduated from Medora High School and was employed by the Kizer Plating Co.

He enlisted on 20 June 1941 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana and was sent overseas in December 1943.

He is buried next to his brother Kelso M. Poore.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.newspapers.com - Daily Tribune 19 April 1945, The Starr Press 6 December 1944