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JOSEPH SAMUEL PORTER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1946 – August 7, 1967
Service recordJoseph Samuel Porter JR, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 88
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1967; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 88
- THOMAS TAD BROWNSergeant · August 7, 1967
- RICHARD T MCANDREW JRSergeant · August 7, 1967
- MICHAEL AUBREY MOORMANSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- DAVID LEE SCOTTSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT ANELIPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 85
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HINESSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 87
- JERRY KENNETH JORDANSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 87
- RICHARD T MCANDREW JRSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 88
- DAVID LEE SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 88
- VAN VERNON TRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 89
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
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.