Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
FRANCIS, Pott
Date of birth
9 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Breathitt County, Kentucky
Hometown
Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35653864
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
18th Tank Battalion,
8th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 4 1

Immediate family

Members
Floyd Francis (father)
Gracie (Neace) Francis (mother)
Marjorie Francis (sister)
Virgil Francis (brother)
Ima Jean Francis (sister)
Chester A. Francis (brother)
Lillian Francis (sister)

More information

Pott Francis was employed at Wimpee Hamburger before he enlisted on 17 March 1943 at Fort Thomas in Newport, Kentucky.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.8th-armored.org, United States Census 1940, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com / Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Gabbard Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - CK3