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Personal info

Full name
POTTER, Earl Dale
Date of birth
21 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Howard County, Arkansas
Hometown
Henderson County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38141330
Rank
Private
Function
Field Lineman
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Würselen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 5 21

Immediate family

Members
Ben D. Potter (father)
Martha L. Potter (mother)
Edward C. Potter (brother)
Cecil H. Potter (brother)
Lonnie L. Potter (sister)
Fletcher C. Potter (brother)
Lowell B. Potter (brother)
Virgil B. Potter (brother)
Alice Mary (Pitre) Potter (wife)

More information

Pvt Earl Potter enlisted on 16 July 1942 at Tyler, Texas.

He joined his unit from a replacement cepot on 4 September 1944.

A jeep from the 2nd battalion's communications section, occupied by five men transporting coils of telephone wire detonated an unseen German mine. The explosion killed four occupants and seriously wounded a fifth. The four dead were Cpl Wimburne Phinney, Pvt Hairston Cumberland, Pvt Earl Potter, and Pvt Marcus Segan.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Sharon Potter Family Tree, From Brittany to the Reich van Joseph Balkoski

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet