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ROBERT GLEN POTTER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 18, 1947 – January 13, 1970
Service recordRobert Glen Potter, of Natchitoches, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Natchitoches, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 31
- HARVEY TYRONE PINKNEYSpecialist Five · January 13, 1970
- MARK PHILLIP RUDOLFSergeant · January 13, 1970
- STEPHEN GEORGE SAMPLESpecialist Four · January 13, 1970
- GLENN ERNEST TUBBSStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1970
From Natchitoches
- CARL EDWIN JACKSONCaptain · June 27, 1965
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- CARSON EARL HAIRELance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD METOYERLance Corporal · August 31, 1966
- CARROLL L RODGERSStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1966
- OTIS LEWISPlatoon Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- CLARENCE EDGAR WATERSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- CHARLES DOTYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- FREDDIE JAMES BENJAMINPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- TOMMY LLOYD WYATTCorporal · February 22, 1969
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.