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WESLEY ROY POTTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 27, 1948 – January 20, 1969
Service recordWesley Roy Potter, of Alma, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Alma, Michigan (Gratiot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 44
- DAVID PAUL OKERPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- JOHN MACARTHUR PAGESecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1969
- ROY FRANKLIN PHILLIPSSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1969
- NORMAN WALLACE PIERREPetty Officer First Class · January 20, 1969
From Alma
- FRANK RAYMOND JRPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT D REICHERTSergeant · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH REX MCNEILLPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- LENARD F MOEGGENBORGCorporal · August 24, 1969
- DEWITT STANLEY VANCECaptain · December 17, 1969
- RODNEY KENNETH MILLSStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
- DAYLE RAYMOND HALLSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
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.