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Personal info

Full name
POTOCKI, Charles Karol
Date of birth
2 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42144522
Rank
Private
Function
Heavy Machine Gunner
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 13 2

Immediate family

Members
Frank Potocki (father)
Victoria Potocki (mother)
Joseph Potocki (brother)
Jennie Potocki (sister)
Mary Potocki (sister)
Sophie (Maskiewicz) Potocki (wife)
Sophie II Potocki (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles K. Potocki was a ship's fitter.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 13 June 1944 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, Jersey Journal 3 March 1945 - Courtesy of John McParland