The Wall › Panel 5W › New Hampshire › Richard Charles Porter
RICHARD CHARLES PORTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1949 – January 24, 1971
Service recordRichard Charles Porter, of Hanover, New Hampshire, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 24, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 64
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Hanover, New Hampshire (Grafton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 64
- MERRELL EUGENE BRUMLEY JRLance Corporal · January 25, 1971
- WILLIAM OWEN CREECH JRSpecialist Four · January 25, 1971
- JUAN E GONZALESFirst Sergeant · January 25, 1971
- GERALD LYNN CARTERLieutenant · January 26, 1971
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.