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RONALD HARRY PORTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 17, 1949 – June 7, 1969
Service recordRonald Harry Porter, of Flat Rock, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 105
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Flat Rock, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 105
- DAVID ALAN PATTONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS PAULINLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- KENNETH JOSEPH PITRESergeant · June 7, 1969
- JOHN RANDALL PONTIERESpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
From Flat Rock
- DAVID PETER BROWNPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARRISON RAUBCorporal · January 10, 1968
- JAMES LEROY TANGEMANSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD HAMILTONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- RUSSELL CHARLES YOSTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- DANIEL PERRY HOLTREYSpecialist Five · August 21, 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.