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DONALD JOHN PORTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 9, 1945 – June 2, 1969
Service recordDonald John Porter, of Naperville, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · 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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Naperville, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; ten of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 46
- FRANCIS RUSSELL MCGOWANSergeant · June 2, 1969
- KENNETH REX MCNEILLPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- GEORGE ROBERT PALERMOSergeant · June 2, 1969
- ROBERT LESLIE POXONFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LYMAN CONRAD BACHStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 41
- SCOTT DOUGLAS BALDWINSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 41
- WARREN FRED BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 42
- DUANE ROY BAUMGARDNERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 43
- MARK STEVEN DREIERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 43
- JEFFREY LEE GELDINSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 44
- FRANCIS RUSSELL MCGOWANSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 46
- ROBERT LESLIE POXONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 46
- WILBUR ALLEN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 48
- PRESTON TAYLOR JRCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 48
- RAY LEONARD ULRICHSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 49
- PAUL FREDERICK WEBERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 49
From Naperville
- CHRISTOPHER WAYNE BEAVERSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD DUNNLieutenant Commander · January 26, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES LUEBKE JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1968
- RONALD MICHAEL NOWAKPrivate First Class · February 18, 1969
- DEAN WARD MOEHRINGSergeant · March 3, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH GUTOWSKICaptain · August 5, 1969
- JAY CHARLES SACKSCorporal · August 14, 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.