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GARY THURSTON PORTER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
February 19, 1941 – June 20, 1967
Service recordGary Thurston Porter, of Hanson, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Hanson, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 26
- BENJAMIN M BROTHERS IIISpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- ROBERT ERNEST MASONSergeant · June 20, 1967
- RONALD ALBERT MICHAUDPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · June 20, 1967
From Hanson
- BELMIRO TAVARES JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- DAVID COLIN HALLFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM WIRTHPrivate First Class · 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.