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Personal info

Full name
POTASKI, Jacob Stanley
Date of birth
24 July 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Albany, Albany County, New York
Hometown
New York

Military service

Service number
32944488
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Battery,
907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 11 19

Immediate family

Members
Martin Potaski (father)
Victoria Potaski (mother)
Michael Potaski (brother)
Frances Potaski (sister)
William Potaski (brother)
Veronica Potaski (sister)
Martin Potaski (brother)
Constance Potaski (sister)
Mary A. Potaski (wife)
Maryann Potaski (daughter)

More information

Pvt Jacob S. Potaski graduated from Albany High School and was a mechanic and repairman.

He enlisted in Albany, New York on 11 September 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier