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ROBERT JAMES POTTS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1948 – February 21, 1971
Service recordRobert James Potts, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1971; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 129
- ROGER LEE MAKISpecialist Five · February 21, 1971
- RICHARD LEE MARTINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
- TERRY LEE NIELSENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1971
- JOHN RAYMOND SELAKPrivate First Class · February 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CARL HENRY CACCIASpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 127
- ROBERT EUGENE DECELLE IICaptain · Panel 5W, Line 128
- JOHN JOSEPH LEVULISSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 128
- MITCHELL BRUCE SMITHSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 130
- ROBERT JOSEPH THELENSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 130
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.