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Personal info

Full name
POORE, Lewis Preston
Date of birth
2 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Dover, Kenton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Aston, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33801393
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Obernau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 2 27

Immediate family

Members
Harry L. Poore (father)
Violet B. Poore (mother)
Mary R. Poore (sister)
Lena M. Poore (sister)
Doris Poore (sister)
Anna M. Poore (sister)
Sherlyn Poore (sister)
Harry Poore (brother)
Harvey Poore (brother)

More information

Pfc Lewis P. Poore enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 6 October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Messina Spence Family Tree / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
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