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DAVID EDWARD PORTERFIELD
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
March 7, 1946 – July 18, 1966
Service recordDavid Edward Porterfield, of Mamaroneck, New York, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 18, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 34
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- March 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Mamaroneck, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 34
- CARL ROBERT MARRSPrivate · July 18, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- DONALD JAMES PRIESTPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- MICHAEL REX SMITHPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
From Mamaroneck
- HAROLD HENRY SCHOCKLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- EDGAR BROWER BURCHELL IIICorporal · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT DIROBERTOCorporal · December 15, 1966
- VITO VITROPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- MARTIN JEROME KEOGHSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1970
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.