- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Private First Class
- Unit
- Co. E, 4th Infantry Regiment; Co. E, 166th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division
- Conflict / Era
- World War I
- Years of Service
- 05/23/1917 – 08/04/1918
- Date of Birth
- 07/21/1900
- Date of Death
- 08/02/1918
- Hometown
- UNKNOWN, OH
- Burial Location
- Paris Twp: Oakdale
- Monument Paver
- No
- Township (entering service)
- UNKNOWN
- Township (current / at death)
- UNKNOWN
- School
- UNKNOWN
- Status
- Killed in Action
- When
- 08/04/1918
- Where
- Chateau Thierry, France
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Biography
School: UNKNOWN. enlisted 5/23/1917, Marysville, OH (age 16); serial #93695; wounded 8/2/1918, front lines, while serving as dispatch bearer for Lt. Flick; father, Leonard Pooler, Marysville, OH, notified of death; body returned to U.S. on SS Cantigny, 9/1921 buried in Section H, Row 1, Grave 6, on 10/7/1921; DOW/KIA
Source: Donna Spyker, Esther Carmany; Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918; Marysville Journal Tribune; Columbus Dispatch; Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the World War, 1917-18; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 6, p. 65