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Personal info

Full name
PORR, Dale Bechtol
Date of birth
25 March 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan
Hometown
Doylestown, Wayne County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
6650432
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
8th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
South of Brimingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 4 44

Immediate family

Members
Albert D. Porr (father)
Anna M. (Bechtol) Porr (mother)
Doris A. Porr (sister)
Phillip G. Porr (brother)
George E. Porr (brother)
William L. Porr (brother)
Gerald W. Porr (brother)
Albert R. Porr (brother)
Robert J. Porr (brother)
Betty J. Porr (sister)
Duane S. Porr (brother)
Norma J. Porr (sister)
Anna M. Porr (sister)
Alice M. Porr (sister)
Hubert A. Porr (brother)
Norman E. Porr (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Dale B. Porr joined the Regular. Army in 1928 and probably had to go to the county seat, Wooster, Ohio, to do so.

Source of information: André Koch, Loren D. Porr, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / Mehlhoff/Hedington Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, www.history.army.mil/documents/eto-ob/4AD-ETO.htm
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Loren D. Porr, www.ancestry.com - bvanausdal57