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Personal info

Full name
POOLE, Jake
Date of birth
1 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Alabama
Hometown
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
14010461
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
Reconnaissance Company,
66th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Beffe, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 10 39

Immediate family

Members
Hattie Poole (mother)
Ida Poole (sister)

More information

Sgt Jake Poole joined the Regular Army in Jackson, Mississippi on 6 August 1940.

Sgt Poole was in his tank at the time it was hit and the charred remains of his body were removed after the tank burned.
He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 13 January 1945. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 8 February 1949.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Alabama, WWII Military Dead and Wounded, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet