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JAMES RALPH POTTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1947 – September 11, 1969
Service recordJames Ralph Potter, of Daisy, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 71
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Daisy, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 71
- MICHAEL THOMAS MCGLONESergeant · September 11, 1969
- MICHAEL RALPH R ODUMCaptain · September 11, 1969
- ALFREDO PACOLBASergeant First Class · September 11, 1969
- MARION C ROBBPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALDEN JOHN BULLWINKELSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 66
- REGINALD TYRONE BYRDSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 67
- BRUCE STEWART GIBSONCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 72
From Daisy
- JAMES AUSTIN BENTONLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- JOHN DAVID REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · September 8, 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.