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Joseph Edgar Potter Sr.Age: 62 years19231985

Name
Joseph Edgar Potter Sr.
Given names
Joseph Edgar
Surname
Potter
Name suffix
Sr.
Birth June 27, 1923
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 6 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 18 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
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Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 26 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
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Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 22 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a wifeWanda Fay French
September 4, 1976 (Age 53 years)
Death July 16, 1985 (Age 62 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Santa Maria Cemetery District
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Joseph Edgar Potter Sr.
Birth: June 27, 1923Missouri, United States
Death: July 16, 1985San Luis Obispo, California, United States
wife
Wanda Fay French
Birth: June 6, 1929 20 14Picher, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 4, 1976Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Joseph Edgar Potter Sr.
Birth: June 27, 1923Missouri, United States
Death: July 16, 1985San Luis Obispo, California, United States
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