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ROBERT GEORGE POREA
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 14, 1945 – October 6, 1967
Service recordRobert George Porea, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 61
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 45 MED CO USARV
- Born
- June 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “45 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 61
- GERALD PHILLIP PARKELSergeant · October 6, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER RUBEN SALEHPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
- TJEERD SCHOELIERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD SIMONPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GENE BURLINGHAMCaptain · Panel 27E, Line 57
- JOSEPH LEE HOGGATTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 59
- LEWIS ARTHUR TRASKPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 62
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
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.