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Personal info

Full name
POORE, Sam P Jr
Date of birth
20 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Bell County, Kentucky
Hometown
Ages-Brookside, Harlan County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15059565
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 53

Immediate family

Members
Samuel P. Poore (father)
John O. Chandler (stepfather)
Gertrude (Osborn) Poore (mother)
Chester Poore (brother)
Mary Poore (sister)
Estel Poore (brother)
Howard Poore (brother)

More information

Pvt Sam P. Poore Jr. worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 4 October 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten