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DAVID RANDLE PORTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 14, 1948 – June 4, 1969
Service recordDavid Randle Porter, of La Porte, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 67
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 14, 1948
- Home of record
- La Porte, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 67
- ROBERT LESLIE PEARCYPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- DAVID BORNE PLATTSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- ANDREW STEPHEN RAHILLYPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- STEPHEN LORD ROBERTSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCO ANTONIO DITULLIOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 63
- THOMAS ANDREW GREISENSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 64
- WILLIAM C BURGESS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 65
- DAVID BORNE PLATTSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 67
- DONALD F VANCOOK JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 68
From La Porte
- CHARLES W LINDEWALD JRMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- CALVIN HART BIGGERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- JERRY LEE PETERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- ROGER WILLIAM PEDUESergeant · May 16, 1969
- JAMES MICHALSKIPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- JAMES MONTGOMERY WITHEESpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- DONALD RAY MCINTOSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 12, 1970
- LAWRENCE EMIL LUNDGRENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- ALLAN JOHN MOORESpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- FRANCIS WILLIAM HARTERSergeant · November 9, 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.