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JAMES FRANK POTTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 10, 1946 – August 2, 1969
Service recordJames Frank Potter, of Newark, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Newark, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 88
- GARRY DWIGHT BARBEECorporal · August 2, 1969
- DWIGHT PINZA MCKEATHONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- ROLAND HAROLD NADEAUPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- DAVID CORNELIUS OCONNORSergeant · August 2, 1969
- ALEXANDER P POMEROYPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
From Newark
- JAMES ALFRED MARSHALLFirst Lieutenant · June 18, 1965
- ELWOOD D COVEY JRSergeant · December 29, 1966
- RICHARD IRVING BORNHEIMERSpecialist Five · August 2, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT MARSHPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
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.