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KARL DENNIS PORTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 16, 1951 – January 29, 1972
Service recordKarl Dennis Porter, of Manchester, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1972, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Manchester, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1972; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 102
- GREGORY CHALMERS DAVISLance Corporal · December 27, 1971
- KURT INT-HOUTSpecialist Four · January 29, 1972
- ROCKY LEE COOPERSergeant · January 30, 1972
- ERHARD JAMES MELLOSergeant · January 30, 1972
- FRANK EMANUEL WILLIAMSSergeant · January 31, 1972
Same unit, same day
- KURT INT-HOUTSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 102
From Manchester
- ROBERT PAUL DIONNEHospitalman · July 14, 1965
- WILFRED ROLAND ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH GEORGE VILLIARDCorporal · March 24, 1966
- PHILLIP JOSEPH STICKNEYSenior Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- PAUL ERNEST NADEAUPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- LEON NORMAND DOUCETCorporal · February 5, 1967
- NORMAN GERARD LOZEAUPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- NORMAND RICHARD MARTELPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ARTHUR C MOURTGIS JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ARMAND ROG GELINASChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 11, 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.