William Pool of Bolivar, Missouri passed away at the age of 101. He enlisted in the US Army in 1941 and served throughout World War II, including participating in the Battle of the Bulge and the long Allied offensive that ended in Austria.
Pool was a member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, a fraternal organization that honors ancestors who fought for that side of the Civil War. In the 161 years since the conclusion of that war, the organization is in the hands of later descendants, but Pool's father was, literally, a Civil War soldier.
KY3 News reports that Pool's father, Charles Parker Pool, was born in 1844. He served in the 6th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was 80 years old when his son, William Pool, was born in January of 1925.
Who was the last son of a Confederate veteran? What was Calvin Robertson Crane, who passed away in 2019 at the age of 102. Like Pool, Crane was a combat veteran of World War II.
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