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David Poole
First Name:
David
Middle Name:
Reid
Last Name:
Poole
Date of Birth:
11/18/1894
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Davidson College; would have been the class of '19
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He died of meningitis after nursing a stricken comrade during the meningitis epidemic at Camp Jackson, SC. He was buried in Mooresville, NC.He was the first man from Davidson College to die in the war. While in school he participated in football, track and tennis. He was a candidate for the ministry, under the care of the Concord Presbytery.
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Army Enlisted: September 1917
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Camp Jackson, SC;
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The Charlotte Observer 2/9/1919, Davidson College The Davidsonian 2/5/1919