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GERARD PAUL PORTA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1944 – April 8, 1969
Service recordGerard Paul Porta, of Wayne, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- February 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Wayne, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 40
- CHARLES C DICKERSON JRSergeant · April 8, 1969
- TONY PALACIOSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL RASMUSSENCorporal · April 8, 1969
- ROLAND ARMAND RICHARDSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
From Wayne
- STEVE ORRIS IIIPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD W VINCENTSpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
- BRUNO LEO MARTINPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- CALVIN CARL MORGANSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- RONALD WALTER SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- PETER BODO LEHMANNLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES BOVACorporal · February 6, 1968
- ALFREDO GUZZOCorporal · June 29, 1968
- GLENN JESSE FORD IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- FRANK LEPTRONESpecialist Four · January 29, 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.