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Personal info

Full name
WHITE, Porter Eugene
Date of birth
27 January 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Logan County, Kentucky
Hometown
Ohio

Military service

Service number
35816613
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 2 37

Immediate family

Members
Willie M. White (father)
Bertha I. (Johnson) White (mother)
Marion B. White (brother)
Jewel T. White (brother)
Pauline E. (Mudd) White (wife)

More information

Pvt Porter E. White enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 17 August 1944.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a clerk before he enlisted.

Pvt Porter E. White was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Plot L-4, Row 5, Grave 92.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Jaap Vermeer