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Personal info

Full name
POTTER, Wilbur John "Bud"
Date of birth
5 March 1914
Age
31
Place of birth
Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois
Hometown
Freedom, Lafayette County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37001140
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
23rd Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Obhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 7 13

Immediate family

Members
John L. Potter (father)
Stella M. (Dawson) Potter (mother)
Fannie M. Potter (sister)
Clara J. Potter (sister)
Daisy E. Potter (sister)
Rile Potter (brother)
Arthur R. Potter (brother)
Dorothy E. Potter (sister)
Josephine D. Potter (sister)
John E. Potter (brother)
Charles N. Potter (brother)
Homer L. Potter (brother)
Mary A. Potter (sister)
William L. Potter (brother)
Wilson G. Potter (brother)
Mildred R. Potter (sister)

More information

Wilbur J. Potter Was sent overseas in early 1944 and was part of his unit when it landed in Normandy and the second day of the invasion.

He was subjected to an enemy artillery barrage at which time he was killed by shell fragments.

He is remembered at the Wharton Cemetery in Bosworth, Missouri.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Various Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Carolyn Grossman Houseworth & Linda Grossman Rucker, Gingels