Intrigues me too, we touched on the story here:
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/battle-specifics/6768-wittman-tactics.html?highlight=lafayette#post92517
I stick by my thoughts that the story falls by the wayside as he was on the 'right' side. No Silly-Bugger-Goebbels to big him up as part of the superman cult.
There's even been some 'internetishness' that he didn't exist.
It's not very clear but the links on the top left of the 3ad page ('yank magazine etc.') kyt posted take you to more info.
This has a few more photographs:
The FReeper Foxhole Revisits and Remembers S/Sgt. Lafayette Pool, The Tanker Legend - April 4th,2007