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Personal info

Full name
PORTER, Robert George
Date of birth
20 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33667449
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
St. Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William J. Porter (father)
Beulah M. (Haslett) Porter (mother)
William J. Porter (brother)
Allan H. Porter (brother)
Eleanor M. Porter (sister)
James D. Porter (brother)
Mae E. (Sherman) Porter (wife)

More information

Robert G. Porter worked for a funeral home before he enlisted on 12 March 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

He was married to Mae Sherman in September 1944.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / 1940 Census

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.ancestry.com - allyson7802, Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph 11 December 1943