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MILTON PHILLIP POTIER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 18, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordMilton Phillip Potier, of Gueydan, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Gueydan, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 27
- MICHAEL MALLORY MONTGOMERYCorporal · May 5, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT CLIN PIERCELance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- ELBERT DARRELL POFFSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE EDWIN CHERVONYSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 6
- JERRY RICHARD DUNDASSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 10
- MORRIS LAFOND FLEMINGPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 11
- CARLYLE GUENTHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 14
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 15
- GERALD LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 18
- LLOYD LOCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 23
- MICHAEL MOMCILOVICH JRCaptain · Panel 55E, Line 23
- WILLIAM JAMES PAPASergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
- WILLIAM ALLEN REESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 28
- CRAIG COLLINS WALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 34
From Gueydan
- HOWARD CLAYTON WILLIAMSLance Corporal · July 8, 1968
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.