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ROGER LEE PORTER
Airman · U.S. Navy
September 8, 1948 – June 20, 1970
Service recordRoger Lee Porter, of Huron, South Dakota, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 20, 1970, in Khanh Hoa 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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Born
- September 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Huron, South Dakota (Beadle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 74
- GLENN ALLEN PARKSSergeant · June 20, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PORTERSpecialist Four · June 20, 1970
- MELVIN NEAL RUTHERFORDSergeant · June 20, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
From Huron
- MYRON DALE KJELLERSONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD PLATESpecialist Five · November 26, 1969
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.