WWII
Chauncey Lee Poole
Rate / Rank
Corporal
Birthdate
March 31 1921
Date of Death
December 3 2015
Branch
US Army
Active Duty Service
October 22 1942 - November 13 1945
Conflicts & Campaigns
- European Theater of Operations
- August 13, 1944 - June 24, 1945
- Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe
Significant Duty Stations
- Inducted; Fort McPherson, Georgia
- 28th Infantry Division
- Discharged; Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
Decorations & Citations
- Combat Infantryman Badge;
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three bronze stars
- World War II Victory Medal
Notes
US Army service number 34-445-156. Born; Neeses, South Carolina. Home of record; Box 144, Cairo, Georgia. Before entering the Army was employed by Wight's Nursery, Cairo, Georgia. Brother of Private Robert Lenzel Poole US Army Air Force. He returned to Wight's Nursery and later was employed by Winnstead Plantation, Thomasville, Georgia. Burial; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.