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Personal info

Full name
POTTER, Leslie Herman Jr
Date of birth
28 May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Palisades Park, Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32238796
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bischwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 43 36

Immediate family

Members
Leslie H. Potter (father)
Louise (Douai) Potter (mother)
Russell D. Potter (brother)
Mary A. (Donahue) Potter (wife)

More information

Pfc Leslie H. Potter attended high school for four years and was employed at the Arcus Simplex Ticket Company before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 17 February 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Potter Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - jibbyd, Leonia High School