World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Ned Potter
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Magnolia, North Carolina
Honored By
Ned Beasley
Relationship
Grandson
HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS, 321ST BOMB SQUADRON, 90TH BOMB GROUP, 5TH AIR FORCE AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT AND AN ENGINEER ON A B-24D BOMBER. HE WAS KILLED ON FEBRUARY 29, 1944 WHEN HIS PLANE WENT DOWN NEAR NADZAB, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. HE IS BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.