35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  CPL James Estus Potts    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



Fox Company
35th Infantry Regiment
Korean War


"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"

National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal United Nations Korean Service Medal Republic of Korea War Service Medal



The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, CPL James Estus Potts, RA15413139, who died in the service of his country on January 30th, 1951 in South Korea. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death James was 20 years of age. He was from Hamilton County, Ohio. James' Military Occupation Specialty was 4745-Light Weapons Infantryman.

The decorations earned by CPL James Estus Potts include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.


Corporal Potts was a member of the 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on January 30, 1951. Corporal Potts was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantrymans Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.

BURIAL LOCATION,POPLAR GROVE CEMETERY, WEBBS CROSS ROADS, KY

Originally from Casey County, Kentucky, later moved to Illinois and Ohio.