

Sgt Doug D. Potratz
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CWO3 Doug D. Potratz USMC, Retired
Attorney Fall of Saigon Marines Association
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The Last Marine to
Die in Vietnam (by Doug Potratz)

Doug as Master of Ceremonies at 25th Reunion/Memorial

Doug is on the top row second from the left

Ken Locke and Doug Potratz at 25th Reunion/Memorial in Marshalltown, Iowa.

Fall of Saigon Marines at the Vietnam Wall near our KIA
Names
From Left to Right: Kevin Maloney, Don Nicholas, Ken Crouse and Doug Potratz

From Left to Right: Kevin Maloney, Doug Potratz, Ken Crouse,
Don Nicholas at
Iwo Jima Monument after the Marine Corps Marathon

From left to right: Sgt
Bill Spruce, CWO Doug
Potratz, ( Captain Quang X. Pham USMC) was evacuated by the Marines
during the Fall of Saigon. He later joined the Marines and became a
chopper pilot for the Corps),
Sgt Geagley,
Cpl Ghilain and
MSgt Broussard
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Front Row (L-R): Gary Mellinger,
J.D. Sneed,
Lamar Holmes,
John Ghilain,
Doug
Potratz, Randy Smith,
Terry Bennington,
Duane Gevers,
Ken Crouse.
Second Row = Ted Murray,
Kevin Maloney,
Steve Moore,
Larry Killens,
John
Kirchner, Bill Newell,
Colin Broussard,
Mike Sweeny,
John Valdez,
Steve
Stratton, Dean Kinzie,
John Moya and
Chris Woods.
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