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Personal info

Full name
POTVIN, Donald Edmund
Date of birth
3 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Jamestown, Chatauqua County, New York

Military service

Service number
42027515
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
276th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Wingen-sur-Moder, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 21 36

Immediate family

Members
Edmond J. Potvin (father)
Irene M. (Dowd) Potvin (mother)
Robert Potvin (brother)

More information

Pfc Donald E. Potvin enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 22 November 1943.

He attended Kenmore High School for two years before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Larocque Family Tree, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Kenmore High School, 1943