William Tod Potter

Vietnam War
Unit14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromGrand Forks North Dakota
Date of DeathFebruary 5 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes

Major Potter was a member of the 14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Udorn Airfield, Thailand. On February 5, 1968, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Phantom II Reconnaissance Fighter (RF-4C) on a mission two miles east Napank Village, Khammouan Province, Laos when his aircraft crashed and burned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.