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LARRY EMERSON POTTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 8, 1945 – July 16, 1966
Service recordLarry Emerson Potter, of Taylors, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 16, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 29
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- April 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Taylors, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 29
- GENE SMEDLEY MCMULLENSecond Lieutenant · July 16, 1966
- JESSE B STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- LLOYD BURTON HASKELL JRStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1966
- JAMES LUTHER HOGGARDPrivate First Class · July 17, 1966
From Taylors
- DAVID D DAVENPORT JRPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES LEE BROWNPlatoon Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- MARVIN WHITNER BOWENCorporal · January 18, 1968
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON TRUSTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
- LEWIS ANTHONY DAVISSeaman Apprentice · March 17, 1971
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.