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GLEN ERVIN POTEET
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – June 30, 1969
Service recordGlen Ervin Poteet, of Morganton, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 39
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Morganton, North Carolina (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 39
- GLEN CHARLES LUDBANSeaman · June 30, 1969
- JOHN DENNIS MORRISSEYCorporal · June 30, 1969
- STEWART WILLIAM OBERLESergeant · June 30, 1969
- LAWRENCE RASPBERRYSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH COLEMANCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 36
- MICHAEL EDWARD FOWLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 37
- JAMES WALTER JONESCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 38
- JOHN DENNIS MORRISSEYCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 39
- RONALD EDWARD ROBERTSONCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 40
- JEROME ERNIE TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 40
- LARRY JOE WHITECorporal · Panel 21W, Line 41
From Morganton
- RALPH NATHANIEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1965
- CARL AVERY GRAYFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1965
- WILLIAM SANFORD BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- GARRY GLENN TALLENTLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DAVID BAKERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- LEE ROY LANIERSergeant · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS AVERYCaptain · May 3, 1968
- CARROLL JAMES BAILEYPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- EARNEST TAYLOR FREEMANSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY CARTER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 27, 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.