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Personal info

Full name
POTOPA, Walter Julius
Date of birth
7 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33931909
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Gereonsweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 12 9

Immediate family

Members
John Potopa (father)
Karolina (Stachura) Potopa (mother)
Francis Potopa (brother)
Theodore Potopa (brother)
Wanda Potopa (sister)
Stella V. Potopa (sister)
Stanley Potopa (brother)
Raymond Potopa (brother)
Joanne Potopa (sister)
Stephie A. Potopa (sister)
Sister M. Vianney Potopa (sister)
Marjorie C. (O'Rourke) Potopa (wife)
Caroline P. Potopa (daughter)

More information

Pvt Walter J. Potopa was employed by the New York Bakery in Altoona where he was a chauffeur.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 6 April 1944.

His brother Francis served with the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - Altoona Tribune, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report CCA

Photosource: www.newspapers.com - Altoona Tribune, www.newspaperarchive.com - Altoona Mirror