Captain Larry Fletcher Potts was from Smyrna, Delaware.

He served with Subunit 1, 1st Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III MAF as a Field Artillery Officer during the Vietnam War.

Captain Potts, on his birthday, boarded an OV-10A Bronco ( tail number 68-3820 ) with one other crew member and they conducted a naval gunfire spotting mission in the vicinity of Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

They were taking part in the rescue effort of a downed Air Force Pilot.

During the mission, their aircraft was struck by an enemy surface-to-air missile (SAM) north of Dong Ha and crashed. Both crewmen ejected, and search and rescue forces sighted two parachutes.

Searchers were only able to make radio contact with one crew member however the other crew member, Captain Potts, was not contacted, and neither could be located following the incident.

He was declared " Missing In Action " and it was later determined that he was taken prisoner in the Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam.

His body was never recovered and he was declared to be deceased on January 31, 1979.

He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.

Captain Potts also has a " Cenotaph " at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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( Bio by: Russ Pickett )

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Captain Larry Fletcher Potts was from Smyrna, Delaware.

He served with Subunit 1, 1st Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III MAF as a Field Artillery Officer during the Vietnam War.

Captain Potts, on his birthday, boarded an OV-10A Bronco ( tail number 68-3820 ) with one other crew member and they conducted a naval gunfire spotting mission in the vicinity of Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

They were taking part in the rescue effort of a downed Air Force Pilot.

During the mission, their aircraft was struck by an enemy surface-to-air missile (SAM) north of Dong Ha and crashed. Both crewmen ejected, and search and rescue forces sighted two parachutes.

Searchers were only able to make radio contact with one crew member however the other crew member, Captain Potts, was not contacted, and neither could be located following the incident.

He was declared " Missing In Action " and it was later determined that he was taken prisoner in the Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam.

His body was never recovered and he was declared to be deceased on January 31, 1979.

He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.

Captain Potts also has a " Cenotaph " at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
" Click Here " for that record.

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )

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