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WILLIAM STEVEN POTTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1947 – February 27, 1969
Service recordWilliam Steven Potter, of Lancaster, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Virginia (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 84
- MARTIN ROBERT POWERSLance Corporal · February 27, 1969
- PERCY ISAIAH PUGHCorporal · February 27, 1969
- LARRY STEPHEN RAINEYLance Corporal · February 27, 1969
- DONALD RAY RHODESSergeant · February 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH EUGENE NATHANCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 83
From Lancaster
- RODNEY LEROY STINSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- NATHAN JOHNSON JRCorporal · October 18, 1967
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.