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ALFRED N POTTER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 15, 1942 – April 10, 1970
Service recordAlfred N Potter, of Newport, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 10, 1970, in Thailand, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Newport, Rhode Island (Newport County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 119
- FRANCIS JOSEPH OREILLYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT PERKINS JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- CHARLES ALAN PURSELLCorporal · April 10, 1970
- RICHARD LEE WHITEMANSpecialist Five · April 10, 1970
From Newport
- JOSEPH RENE DUPEREStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1965
- BLANCHARD WARD COCHRANEStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT LLOYD MOSHERCaptain · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD GREENE JRSergeant · June 22, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BRAGA JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JOSEPH TOMMY VANDEVENDERCorporal · June 2, 1968
- JEREMIAH JOHN SAULNIERPlatoon Sergeant · July 15, 1968
- JOHN GLOVERAirman First Class · April 8, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.