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ROBERT LEE PORTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 17, 1948 – June 20, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee Porter, of Gordon, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Gordon, Georgia (Wilkinson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 74
- GLENN ALLEN PARKSSergeant · June 20, 1970
- ROGER LEE PORTERAirman · June 20, 1970
- MELVIN NEAL RUTHERFORDSergeant · June 20, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT BONNERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 71
- JERRY GUY GIBERSONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 72
- BILLY RAY SARGENTSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 75
From Gordon
- FREEMON EVANSSergeant · December 4, 1968
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.