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WILLIAM VERNON POTTER
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
October 12, 1940 – July 18, 1967
Service recordWilliam Vernon Potter, of Maywood, California, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 18, 1967, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 88
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- October 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Maywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 88
- JOHN LARRY MODGLINPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- GLEN EVERETT OAKPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PASCOEAirman First Class · July 18, 1967
- ANTONIO RIBERAPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- JEROME SIMSSpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
From Maywood
- DARREL WAYNE HEERENSergeant · January 7, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN EVANSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- PEDRO CORDOVA GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 22, 1970
- ARTHUR THOMAS BIEMERETLance Corporal · March 11, 1970
- THOMAS ALAN DELANEYPrivate First Class · March 22, 1970
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.