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JERRY POTTS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 13, 1943 – November 26, 1966
Service recordJerry Potts, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 26, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 122
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 122
- NORMAN WAYNE MCROBIEAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- RONALD DAVID MILESPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- EVANGELISTA PAGAN-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 1966
- RICHARD ELWOOD FINKCorporal · January 7, 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.