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LARRY FLETCHER POTTS
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
April 7, 1947 – April 7, 1972
Service recordLarry Fletcher Potts, of Smyrna, Delaware, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on April 7, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 132
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SQ 1 1 ANGELICO
- Born
- April 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Smyrna, Delaware (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 7, 1972
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 132
- WILLIAM ROY PEARSONSergeant · April 6, 1972
- HOWARD BURDETTE LULL JRMaster Sergeant · April 7, 1972
- RICHARD DWAYNE MILTONTechnical Sergeant · April 7, 1972
- RICHARD SIMPSON SCHOTTLieutenant Colonel · April 7, 1972
- ROBERT ALAN STERNWarrant Officer 1 · April 7, 1972
From Smyrna
- WILLIAM LOUIS LOWMANPrivate First Class · February 4, 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.