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NEIL WARREN POTTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 22, 1944 – December 12, 1965
Service recordNeil Warren Potter, of Lyons, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 12, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 14
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Lyons, Michigan (Ionia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 14
- EUGENE JOSEPH MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · December 12, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
From Lyons
- HERBERT ALLEN LOUCKSSergeant · September 19, 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.