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WILLIAM ROBERT PORTER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1943 – January 11, 1969
Service recordWilliam Robert Porter JR, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 72
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 72
- JOE MACIASCorporal · January 11, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES MANNSergeant · January 11, 1969
- DARRELL EDWIN MILLERPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- DAVID T MOORESergeant · January 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEE RAYMOND BRUCE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 69
- JOHN PAUL DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 69
- CLYDE LEROY DICKASONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 70
- DENNIS HAROLD HAYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 70
- ROBERT LOVESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 71
- THOMAS CHARLES MANNSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 72
- DARRELL EDWIN MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 72
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.