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Personal info

Full name
POTTS, Clifton Joseph
Date of birth
4 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Peck, Sanilac County, Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36118482
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stolberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 30

Immediate family

Members
John W. Potts (father)
Matilda C. Potts (mother)
Lucille G. Potts (sister)
Walter R. Potts (brother)
Jean R. (Martin) Potts (wife)
Thomas C. Potts (son)

More information

Sgt Clifton J. Potts was graduated from high school in 1933 before he enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 16 June 1941.
He was employed in the office of the Packard Car Motor Company. He received training at Camp Polk, Louisiana and camps in Virginia and Pennsylvania before going overseas in October, 1943. He had been in England, Belgium and Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Orville L. Kline, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet