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RICHARD EDWARD POTTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 14, 1948 – May 26, 1967
Service recordRichard Edward Potter, of Methuen, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Methuen, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 123
- JAMES CONRAD POWERSCaptain · May 26, 1967
- BENJAMIN RICHARDSONCorporal · May 26, 1967
- MICHAEL CONRAD ROELLPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JOHN DAVID ROGERSCorporal · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD COLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 111
- JERONIMO GARCIA-SOTOSergeant First Class · Panel 20E, Line 115
- FRANK JAMISONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 117
- EMMETT JERMANY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 117
- XAVIER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 118
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 119
- SHELTON MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 121
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 121
- OXLEY CARRINGTON MOULTRIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 122
- DAVID LEE NIEMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 122
- GARY MARTIN SMITHPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 125
From Methuen
- JOHN ALBERT FONTAINEPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
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.