# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lafayette-g-pool
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:43:19.898Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lafayette-g-pool"
name: "Lafayette G. Pool"
slug: "lafayette-g-pool"
description: "Lafayette Green Pool was an American tank-crew and tank-platoon commander in World War II and is widely recognized as the US tank ace of aces, credited with 12 confirmed tank kills and 258 total vehicle and self-propelled gun kills, over 1,000 German soldiers killed and 250 more taken as prisoners of war, accomplished in only 81 days of action from June 27 to September 19, 1944, using three different Shermans. He received many medals and decorations, including the Distinguished Service Cross, the Legion of Merit, the Silver Star, the Purple Heart, the Belgian fourragère, and the French Legion of Honour."
tagline: "American tank-crew and tank-platoon commander in World War II"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lafayette_G._Pool%2C_1949.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1919-07-23"
deathDate: "1991-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.33
  momentum:             0.9216013344453713
  historical:           7.388568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Пул, Лафайет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%89._%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "لافايت جى. پول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_G._Pool"
    title: "Lafayette G. Pool"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "لافایت جی پول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_G._Pool"
    title: "Lafayette G. Pool"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_G._Pool"
    title: "Lafayette G. Pool"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BBG%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ラファイエット・G・プール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafaiets_P%C5%ABls"
    title: "Lafaiets Pūls"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4383539"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump