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Personal info

Full name
POOLE, Daniel
Date of birth
3 December 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Greenville County, South Carolina
Hometown
Greenville County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34010479
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 14 3

Immediate family

Members
David H. Poole (father)
Daisy M. Poole (mother)
Ruth Poole (sister)
Ralph Poole (brother)
William D. Poole (brother)

More information

Pfc Daniel Poole worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina on 15 January 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - The Greenville News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Greenville News