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Personal info

Full name
POTTER, Eldon Milo
Date of birth
12 March 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
Hometown
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36955886
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
353rd Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 May 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 9 13

Immediate family

Members
Horace Potter (father)
Ilga B. (Hewitt) Potter (mother)
Alton W. Potter (brother)
Yolanda M. (Lemire) Potter (wife)

More information

Pfc Eldon M. Potter graduated from Central High School and attended college for 4 years. He was working as an accountant before he entered the service.

He is remembered at the Davison Cemetery in Davison, Michigan.

The picture was taken in high school in 1934.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancesrty.com 1940 Census,
http://www.89infdivww2.org/combat/index.htm, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, paulswife, Central High School yearbook, 1934