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ROBERT ANDREW PORTE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – April 9, 1969
Service recordRobert Andrew Porte, of Reedley, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Reedley, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 46
- DAN STEVEN LONGPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
- WILLIAM LUTHER OVERSTREETPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
- DANNY LEON PATRICKPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
- MICHAEL J VERHAEGHESpecialist Four · April 9, 1969
From Reedley
- TONY EIDDIE GABALDONPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- TERRY Y OGAMICorporal · February 20, 1968
- JOHN FRANK CANDELASPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- JOE FRANCISCO PEREZ JRCorporal · June 25, 1968
- MICHAEL ERNEST MATTASpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- HERMAN HENRY HUEBNERSergeant · July 5, 1969
- FRANK RODRIQUEZ CORONASergeant · May 2, 1970
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.