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Personal info

Full name
POLING, Frederick David
Date of birth
22 December 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Blaser, Preston County, West Virginia
Hometown
Marion County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35290261
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 62

Immediate family

Members
Floyd Poling (father)
Alice (Messenger) Poling (mother)

More information

Sgt Frederick D. Poling enlisted in Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio on 19 March 1942.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Griffith Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery