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Personal info

Full name
POTTS, William D
Date of birth
11 April 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Summerville, Butler County, Ohio
Hometown
Richwood, Union County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35004302
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
9th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 April 1945
Place of death
Vicinity of Rochlitz / Königsfeld-Schwarzbach, Seuphan, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 18 3

Immediate family

Members
Ase C. Potts (father)
Mary Ann E. 'Lizzie' (Hathaway) Potts (mother)
Dwight Potts (brother)
Carl Potts (brother)
Robert Potts (brother)
Cora Potts (sister)
Frances Potts (sister)
Viola Potts (sister)
Leola Potts (sister)
Alice Potts (sister)
Mildred (Foreman) Potts (wife)

More information

Pfc William D. Potts enlisted at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio on 7 March 1941.

He had been overseas since October 1943. He was married to Miss Mildred Foreman of Richwood February 21, 1943. Before induction he was employed on the farm of William Pierce. In his last letter to his wife he said his division was nearing Berlin.

Private First Class William Potts was driving a Jeep with members of a patrol when they were fired upon by enemy from high ground to their front. He was killed as he ran for cover.

Source of information: Siemon Bierma, Laura Phillips, Adoption certificate, NARA Records, Williamsport Gazette & Bulletin, dated 10 September 1945, www.findagrave.com - CWGC-ABMC / Becky Jacobs-Rynders, IDPF

Photo source: Siemon Bierma