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Personal info

Full name
POTTER, Albert John Jr
Date of birth
17 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Hometown
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1177587
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
274th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 3 8

Immediate family

Members
Albert J. Potter Sr. (father)
Daisy T. (Paddock) Potter (mother)

More information

2nd Lt Albert J. Potter attended college for two years before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 17 July 1941.

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.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Farr LeClair Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Astrid
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Astrid