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THOMAS JAMES POTEET
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1946 – April 3, 1967
Service recordThomas James Poteet, of Hillside, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 96
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Hillside, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 96
- DONALD TERRY HELTONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- JAMES LESTER PARKERSergeant First Class · April 3, 1967
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES SHERWOOD JRCorporal · April 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FERZACCAPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 95
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.