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HYRUM BARRY PORT
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 12, 1948 – March 7, 1971
Service recordHyrum Barry Port, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 31
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 31
- SHELDON JOHN BURNETTColonel · March 7, 1971
- PATRICK LOYAL FRICKESergeant · March 7, 1971
- GEORGE ROBERT MORGANSergeant · March 7, 1971
- DAVID JESUS NARANJOCorporal · March 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARK AFFLERBACHCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 30
- SHELDON JOHN BURNETTColonel · Panel 4W, Line 31
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.