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Personal info

Full name
POLLOCK, Claude Elmo
Date of birth
28 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
D'Lo, Simpson County, Mississippi
Hometown
Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39321850
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Southern suburbs of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 5 29

Immediate family

Members
George E. Pollock (father)
Georgia M. (Eldridge) Pollock (mother)
Nettie R. Pollock (sister)
Phyllis (Motschenbacher) Pollock (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Claude E. Pollock enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 10 November 1942. He attended high school for 3 years and worked at a sawmill before he enlisted.
He landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - Herald and News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet