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Personal info

Full name
PORTER, Philip Wayne
Date of birth
21 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Waverly, Tioga County, New York
Hometown
Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33881604
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Farésbersviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 47

Immediate family

Members
Emmitt N. Porter (father)
Ruth M. Porter (mother)

More information

Pvt Philip W. Porter attended high school for three years before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 4 April 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / New York Birth Index, www.80thdivision.com
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