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PAUL PRICE POTTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1948 – November 28, 1968
Service recordPaul Price Potter, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 3
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- May 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 3
- MICHAEL DENNIS TURNERLance Corporal · November 28, 1968
- SAMMIE LEE WATSON JRPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- DWAYNE JEFFERSON WHORTONPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- HAROLD LAWTON BASHAMCorporal · November 29, 1968
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.