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SANDY HILLY PORTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1948 – July 6, 1970
Service recordSandy Hilly Porter, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 124
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 124
- LANNY HOWARD BUROFFPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1970
- ROBERT G CHOQUETTE JRStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1970
- WENDALL JOSEPH JARRELLSpecialist Four · July 6, 1970
- PHILIP JOSEPH ORGERONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVE ALAN VESTALCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 125
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.