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Personal info

Full name
POTTER, Edmund Felton Jr
Date of birth
18 November 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Schenectady County, New York

Military service

Service number
31430769
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Germeter, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 18 19

Immediate family

Members
Edmund F. Potter (father)
Marion E. (Caril) Potter (mother)
Marcia Potter (sister)

More information

Pvt Potter graduated from the Leominster high school in 1940. He was also graduated from the Wentworth Institute and attended Union college.
He enlisted on 19 January 1944 at Boston, Massachusetts. He was employed by General Electric Company.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Fitchburg Sentinel / Family Tree, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten