WWI

Jake Max Poller

Rate / Rank
Private

Birthdate
December 27 1895

Date of Death
January 25 1985

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
May 3 1918 - July 10 1919

Conflicts & Campaigns

No Overseas Service.

Significant Duty Stations

157th Depot Brigade to May 10, 1919; Provost Guard Company, Camp Gordon, Georgia to July 10, 1919.

Notes

Born; Russia. At the age of 11 he migrated with his family to the US. In 1907 Jake moved to Cairo, Georgia. In 1917 he was inducted in the US Army and served during World War I. Service number 26-507-85. While serving in the Army Jake became a US citizen. After his discharge from the Army he returned to Cairo, where in 1921 he opened his own clothing and dry goods business on Cairo's South Broad Street and remained in business at the same location until 1970. Home Address; 720 South Broad Street, Cairo, Georgia. Charter Member, American Legion Post 122 Grady County. On April 6, 2014, American Legion Post 122 was named in Jake's honor. Burial; Hebrew Cemetery, Thomasville, Georgia.