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DELBERT RAY PORTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1949 – January 15, 1971
Service recordDelbert Ray Porter, of Louisville, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 46
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Louisville, Illinois (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 46
- WILLIAM ARTHUR MALENFANTSergeant · January 15, 1971
- CURTIS WAYNE MOORESpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
- WILLIAM NAKI IIISpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
- BRIAN PATRICK RUSSELLSergeant · January 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WILLIAM GAA JRSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 45
- CURTIS WAYNE MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 46
- WILLIAM NAKI IIISpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 46
- BRIAN PATRICK RUSSELLSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 46
From Louisville
- ROBERT DALE STAGGSWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1969
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.