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GEORGE HENRY POTTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1949 – June 2, 1971
Service recordGeorge Henry Potts, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 64
- ROBERT PAUL SANCHEZ JRPrivate First Class · June 1, 1971
- MICHAEL ALAN LAMUSGAWarrant Officer 1 · June 2, 1971
- EDGAR DURPHY THOMASStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1971
- MICHAEL JAMES VERSTRAETESergeant · June 2, 1971
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.