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Personal info

Full name
POTTER, James Warner
Date of birth
26 April 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York
Hometown
Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York

Military service

Service number
42092741
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sainte-Croix, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 31 26

Immediate family

Members
George W. Potter (father)
Mabel E. (Williams) Potter (mother)
Alida E. Potter (sister)
Jay S. Potter (brother)
Junior R. Potter (brother)
Jennie I. (Williams) Potter (wife)
Dennis R. Potter (son)

More information

Pvt James W. Potter enlisted in Rochester, New York on 12 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his face and back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Kiner Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – NC Gen Seeker

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Garth Rumsmoke