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LEE VICTOR PORDEN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – November 30, 1968
Service recordLee Victor Porden JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 14
- RAYMOND CLARK STACKSCaptain · July 8, 1968
- KLAUS DIETER SCHOLZSergeant First Class · August 25, 1968
- DONALD DAVID PANNOSergeant · November 30, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN STRASZEWSKIPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DICK AMBRUSOSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 9
- GENE FREEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 10
- JERRY WAYNE JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 12
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.