The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
William Ellis Lee Potter
Rank
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
Date of Death
August 11, 1951
Master Sergeant Potter was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a member of the 439th Engineer Construction Battalion, U.S. Army. He was severely wounded and evacuated to the Percy Jones Army Hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan where he died of pulmonary edema and hemorrhagic nephritis.