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Personal info

Full name
POTTS, Louis Junior
Date of birth
29 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Mayflower, Faulkner County, Arkansas
Hometown
Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36563747
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Arsdorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 5 11

Immediate family

Members
Louis Potts (father)
Virginia L. (Adams) Potts (mother)
Gladys E. (Huffman) Potts (wife)
Louis S. Potts (son)

More information

Pfc Louis J. Potts was killed when he tried to reach a wounded comrade. For this action he was awarded the Silver Star posthumously.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Wainwright Family Tree, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten