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BARTOW WESLEY POTTS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1950 – January 21, 1971
Service recordBartow Wesley Potts JR, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 59
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 59
- SAMUEL HOYT BARNETTPetty Officer First Class · January 21, 1971
- GREGORY SCOTT KARGERPrivate First Class · January 21, 1971
- EUGENE JAMES LEVICKISPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 1971
- STEVEN WILLIAM MOLLCorporal · January 21, 1971
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
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.