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Personal info

Full name
FUQUA, Porter Frederick
Date of birth
3 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas
Hometown
Matagorda County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38413460
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 14 71

Immediate family

Members
Fred W. Fuqua (father)
Johnnie M. (Boum) Fuqua (mother)
Emmett C. Fuqua (brother)
Helen (Bayne) Fuqua (wife)

More information

Pvt Porter F. Fuqua graduated from Amarillo High School in 1938 and from Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in 1941.

He enlisted in Houston, Texas on 25 January 1943.

He was married to Helen Bayne in December 1943.

Pvt Porter Fuqua had served overseas since June of 1943. He was in the African, Sicilian and Italian campaigns and was in France soon after D-Day.

At the time of his death, his brother was serving in the Pacific.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1930 Census / Texas Birth Certificates, www.archives.gov, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmatago/gsm_fuqua.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet