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ARCHIE ANDREW PORTER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 4, 1942 – October 21, 1967
Service recordArchie Andrew Porter, of Cameron, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 47
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Cameron, West Virginia (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 47
- LEE ARTHUR TOYERLance Corporal · October 21, 1967
- KENNETH EARL TREADWAYLance Corporal · October 21, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE WARDPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- MICHAEL ALLEN WYRICKPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
From Cameron
- FRANKLIN DELANO PORTERSergeant · December 30, 1964
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.