PORTER GARY THURSTON

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Name: CPT Gary Thurston Porter
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 06/20/1967 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 26.3
Date of Birth: 02/19/1941
Home City: Hanson, MA
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-164
Prior Unit: HMM-262 67
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 22E-026
Short Summary: With crewman Leslie Englehart.
Aircraft: CH-46A tail number 150936
Service number: 090998
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7162
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 03
Location: Offshore, Unknown Province
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed at sea
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: FERN HILL CEMETERY, HANSON, MA
This record was last updated on 09/24/1999


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