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Personal info

Full name
POOLE, Thomas Washington
Date of birth
11 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Greenville County, South Carolina
Hometown
Cleveland, Greenville County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34516522
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
Near Orscholz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 9 29

Immediate family

Members
John W. Poole (father)
Emily Poole (mother)
Ellen Poole (sister)
Joseph Poole (brother)
Edward Poole (brother)

More information

Pfc Thomas W. Poole worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 2 December 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com – The Greenville News South Carolina - 25 February 1945, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy