World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert W. Poe
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Summit County, Ohio
Honored By
Ralph Bozorth
SERVED ABOARD THE LIBERTY SHIP SS JEAN NICOLET IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS. A JAPANESE SUBMARINE TORPEDOED THE SHIP ON JULY 2, 1944. JAPANESE SAILORS MASSACRED 65 MEN WITH BAYONETS AND RIFLE BUTTS. HE WAS ONE OF 77 MEN WHO WERE MASSACRED. RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL.