Sgt Potter #
MOS:
Army - Selective Service
25th Infantry Division
Co.C 1/5 Mech. Bobcats
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
On February 27, 1969, Company C was conducting a RIF operation with elements of the 2/34th Armor, 5 kilometers northwest of the junction of Highways 7A and 1. At 1804 hours, the battalion LOH was hit and made a successful crash landing in the area of Company C APCs. At 1840 hours, the units received small arms, automatic weapons and RPG fire. The fire was returned with organic weapons, artillery and helicopter gun ships. At 1849 hours, Company C requested a Dust-off at XT 545217. Two Bobcats from Company C were killed and three were wounded in the contact.
At 2045 hours, an APC from Company C detonated an AT mine with only minor damage resulting from the blast. At 2230 hours, another APC from Company C detonated an AT mine along Highway 7A, one kilometer south of Trung Lap. Three Bobcats were wounded in the explosion.
Survived by his parents, William Franklin and Lillian Potter.
MOS:
Army - Selective Service
25th Infantry Division
Co.C 1/5 Mech. Bobcats
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
On February 27, 1969, Company C was conducting a RIF operation with elements of the 2/34th Armor, 5 kilometers northwest of the junction of Highways 7A and 1. At 1804 hours, the battalion LOH was hit and made a successful crash landing in the area of Company C APCs. At 1840 hours, the units received small arms, automatic weapons and RPG fire. The fire was returned with organic weapons, artillery and helicopter gun ships. At 1849 hours, Company C requested a Dust-off at XT 545217. Two Bobcats from Company C were killed and three were wounded in the contact.
At 2045 hours, an APC from Company C detonated an AT mine with only minor damage resulting from the blast. At 2230 hours, another APC from Company C detonated an AT mine along Highway 7A, one kilometer south of Trung Lap. Three Bobcats were wounded in the explosion.
Survived by his parents, William Franklin and Lillian Potter.
Sgt Potter #
MOS:
Army - Selective Service
25th Infantry Division
Co.C 1/5 Mech. Bobcats
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
On February 27, 1969, Company C was conducting a RIF operation with elements of the 2/34th Armor, 5 kilometers northwest of the junction of Highways 7A and 1. At 1804 hours, the battalion LOH was hit and made a successful crash landing in the area of Company C APCs. At 1840 hours, the units received small arms, automatic weapons and RPG fire. The fire was returned with organic weapons, artillery and helicopter gun ships. At 1849 hours, Company C requested a Dust-off at XT 545217. Two Bobcats from Company C were killed and three were wounded in the contact.
At 2045 hours, an APC from Company C detonated an AT mine with only minor damage resulting from the blast. At 2230 hours, another APC from Company C detonated an AT mine along Highway 7A, one kilometer south of Trung Lap. Three Bobcats were wounded in the explosion.
Survived by his parents, William Franklin and Lillian Potter.
MOS:
Army - Selective Service
25th Infantry Division
Co.C 1/5 Mech. Bobcats
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
On February 27, 1969, Company C was conducting a RIF operation with elements of the 2/34th Armor, 5 kilometers northwest of the junction of Highways 7A and 1. At 1804 hours, the battalion LOH was hit and made a successful crash landing in the area of Company C APCs. At 1840 hours, the units received small arms, automatic weapons and RPG fire. The fire was returned with organic weapons, artillery and helicopter gun ships. At 1849 hours, Company C requested a Dust-off at XT 545217. Two Bobcats from Company C were killed and three were wounded in the contact.
At 2045 hours, an APC from Company C detonated an AT mine with only minor damage resulting from the blast. At 2230 hours, another APC from Company C detonated an AT mine along Highway 7A, one kilometer south of Trung Lap. Three Bobcats were wounded in the explosion.
Survived by his parents, William Franklin and Lillian Potter.
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