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Jerald G. Porter Second Lieutenant - C Company, 1st Battalion, 291st Infantry Regiment
Data:
- Last name:Porter
- Initials:J.G.
- Nationality:United States of America
- Date of birth:11-06-1919
- Place of birth:Norton, Norton County, Kansas
- Homeland:United States of America
- Age :25
- Family:Walter S. Porter (father) Myra E. (Steele) Porter (mother)Ulvine Porter (brother) Leland C. Porter (brother) Lorene M. Porter (sister) Melvin A. Porter (brother) Patience I. (Hodgson) Porter (wife) Jerry Porter (son)
- Army number:O-537647
- Rank:Second Lieutenant
- Unit:C Company, 1st Battalion, 291st Infantry Regiment
- Division:75th Infantry Division
- Award:Purple Heart
- Details:Died in a mine field, 2nd Lt Jerald J. Porter graduatd from Dellville High School and attended Kansas State College in Manhattan, Kansas where he was a captain of the Wildcat wrestlers team. He was a member of Acacia fraternity at this school. He received training in the Reserve Officers Training Corps in 1942.
- Deceased on:24-02-1945
- Place of Death: Beegden / Heel
- Place Cemetery: Margraten
- Cemetery Name: American War Cemetery Margraten
- Land Cemetery: Netherlands
- Plot Cemetery: M
- Row Cemetery: 10
- Number Cemetery: 17
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