Carlton F. Pooler was born in 1909. He attended the Greenleaf and Cogswell Schools and graduated from Haverhill High School in 1927. He was a member of the Holy Name Society, the Eagles, and the Haverhill Constabulary. He was employed at the Wilson Packing House when he enlisted in the Army, February 1, 1942.

After his training, he went overseas to England on March 20, 1944. He had completed twenty-five missions over Central Europe in his four months overseas. On D- Day, he was on continuous active duty for thirty-two hours as an aerial gunner and radioman on a B-24.

On July 29, 1944, aboard B-24 #44-40442, he was killed when his plane failed to gain flying speed at the end of a runway and burst into flames. Sergeant Pooler is now buried in the New Albany National Cemetery, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA, in the same grave as SSgt Staggs.

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