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WILLIAM DON POTTER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 21, 1944 – March 27, 1969
Service recordWilliam Don Potter, of Manchester, Iowa, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 63
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Manchester, Iowa (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 63
- ROGER WAYNE PATTONSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL ALBERT ROBERSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1969
- FERROL SHANE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- WILLIAM P THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY BAXTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 57
- WILLIAM BRENT BELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 57
- BARD ELTON DAVENPORTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 58
- HENRY FLOYD FAIRCLOTHSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 58
- ALLAN G HARPERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 60
- SAMUEL ALBERT ROBERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 63
- JOHN BUSSEY WALLERSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 64
From Manchester
- MARVIN GEORGE MANTERNACHPrivate First Class · December 23, 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.