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TIMOTHY MICHAEL PORTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 24, 1948 – October 24, 1968
Service recordTimothy Michael Porter, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 30
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 40W, Line 30
- LONNIE THOMAS PARKERCorporal · October 24, 1968
- RICHARD STEPHEN RILEY JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 24, 1968
- DAVID LEO SPARKSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- ROOSEVELT SPEIGHTSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.