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WILLIAM ROY PORTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1949 – June 2, 1970
Service recordWilliam Roy Porter, of Oneida, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Oneida, New York (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 2
- THOMAS EUGENE JOHNSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1970
- ARNOLD JOHN KULHANEKSergeant · June 2, 1970
- KENNETH BERNARD LUTTELCorporal · June 2, 1970
- DAVID EUGENE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · June 2, 1970
From Oneida
- GEORGE HAROLD NORTONCaptain · August 13, 1965
- PHILIP CHARLES CRAIGCommander · July 4, 1967
- PHILLIP WILLARD LESLIELance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- KENNETH GAGE HAVENSSpecialist Four · October 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.