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Personal info

Full name
POHL, Joseph Harold
Date of birth
19 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Portland, Ionia County, Michigan
Hometown
Danby, Ionia County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36173684
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
111th Engineer Combat Battalion,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 25 55

Immediate family

Members
John P. Pohl (father)
Katherine A. (Wohlschied) Pohl (mother)
Aloysis N. Pohl (brother)
Bertha P. Pohl (sister)
Caroline M. Pohl (sister)
Peter J. Pohl (brother)
Violet M. Pohl (sister)
Harry M. Pohl (brother)
Leon L. Pohl (brother)
Geraldine Pohl (sister)
Donna B. (Hunt) Pohl (wife)

More information

T/5 Joseph H. Pohl was a mechanic before he enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 26 February 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his face.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Leyes Corcoran Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Union48

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Marilynn Johnson