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CHARLES EDWARD PORTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1930 – April 8, 1966
Service recordCharles Edward Porter, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 6, 1930
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 93
- ARTHUR JEROME BAYLORPrivate First Class · April 7, 1966
- THOMAS TAYLOR WALKERCaptain · April 7, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY MONROE RADFORDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MILLS SHELDONCaptain · Panel 6E, Line 94
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
- ELMORE BRITTINGHAM JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1967
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.