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DON POTTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1947 – November 3, 1967
Service recordDon Potter, of Paducah, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Paducah, Kentucky (Mccracken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 17
- JAMES EMIL PAVLICEK JRFirst Lieutenant · November 3, 1967
- MICHAEL ROMANO JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- RICHARD WELLS SANDIFERPetty Officer First Class · November 3, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ROMANO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 17
From Paducah
- BILLY JOE WATKINSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- KENNETH RAY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- BILLIE TAYLOR PRESSONCaptain · September 20, 1967
- GIVEN WEST BRADLEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1968
- JAMES DALE CRUSEHospitalman · June 15, 1968
- JAMES A WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1968
- WILLIAM LEON VICKChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 30, 1968
- JOHN R HORNSBYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ARTHUR DALE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- ROY RUDOLPH WHITESIDEPetty Officer First Class · October 11, 1969
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.