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JAMES VINCENT POTTKOTTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 31, 1945 – November 1, 1965
Service recordJames Vincent Pottkotter, of New Weston, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 31, 1945
- Home of record
- New Weston, Ohio (Darke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 13
- GORDON SAMUEL HUGGINSPlatoon Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- GEORGE C KOSOVICH JRSpecialist Four · November 1, 1965
- RALPH WHEELER ONANASergeant · November 1, 1965
- PETER RUZILA JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JESUS ROJAS BERMUDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 11
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 11
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 11
- THOMAS DAVID DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 11
- NEIL RONALD HANSSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 12
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 12
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 12
- JAMES HOOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 12
- DOMINGO BALANSAY VINLUANSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 14
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.