Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
POOLE, Andy Berry - Date of
birth
5 May 1915 -
Age
29 - Place of
birth
Travelers Rest, Greenville County, South Carolina -
Hometown
Travelers Rest, Greenville County, South Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34125227 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
377th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
19 January 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Heffingen – Larochette, Luxembourg
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 9 | 89 |
Immediate family
-
Members
John Poole (father)
Mary E. (Branlette) Poole (mother)
Minnie Poole (sister)
Ellen Poole (sister)
Laton Poole (brother)
Daisy P. Poole (wife)
More information
T/5 Andy B. Poole worked on a farm.He enlisted at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina on 12 June 1942 and was sent overseas around July 1943.
He was killed in action by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.
His brother Laton, was killed in action in Normandy, France, on 4 July 1944. He is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem / Jaap Vermeer