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Kentucky Darrin K Potter
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Name: Kentucky Army National Guard Sgt. Darrin K. Potter
Age: 24
From: Louisville, Ky.
Assigned to the 223rd Military Police Company, Army National Guard, Louisville, Ky.
Incident: Kentucky Army National Guard Sgt. Darrin K. Potter was killed Sept. 29 when his vehicle left a road and went into a canal during a mission to search an area near Abu Ghraib Prison, outside Baghdad, Iraq.
Died: September 29, 2003
Family, friends mourn guardsman killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 24
From: Louisville, Ky.
Assigned to the 223rd Military Police Company, Army National Guard, Louisville, Ky.
Incident: Kentucky Army National Guard Sgt. Darrin K. Potter was killed Sept. 29 when his vehicle left a road and went into a canal during a mission to search an area near Abu Ghraib Prison, outside Baghdad, Iraq.
Died: September 29, 2003
Family, friends mourn guardsman killed in Iraq
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bagpipes and a solemn drumbeat rang through Southeast Christian Church as family, friends and comrades gathered Oct 8 to remember the first Kentucky Army National Guardsman to die in combat since Vietnam.
Sgt. Darrin K. Potter, 24, was “a very compassionate, loving, selfless person who always had a calm demeanor,” Mike Koenig, a friend and Louisville police officer, said during the funeral.
One by one, military and police officers stood before Potter’s casket and bade him farewell with slow salutes after the service that drew about 300 mourners.
Potter wanted to be a police officer — his dream since high school — when he was deployed with...
Occupation
the 223rd Military Police Company, Army National Guard, Louisville, Ky.
Incident
Kentucky Army National Guard Sgt. Darrin K. Potter was killed Sept. 29 when his vehicle left a road and went into a canal during a mission to search an area near Abu Ghraib Prison, outside Baghdad, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Kentucky Darrin K Potter
2008-06-16
Darrin, I miss you each and every day and realize how blessed we were to have you as a wonderful son. I love you forever. Mom
Kentucky Darrin K Potter
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.