- Branch of Service
- Army Air Corps
- Rank
- Captain
- Unit
- India-China Wing, Air Transport Command
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 11/22/1940 – 12/10/1943
- Date of Birth
- 02/27/1916
- Date of Death
- 12/10/1943
- Hometown
- UNKNOWN, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal
- Burial Location
- Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
- Monument Paver
- No
- Township (entering service)
- UNKNOWN
- Township (current / at death)
- UNKNOWN
- School
- Marysville High School
- Status
- Killed in Action
- When
- 12/10/1943
- Where
- Burma
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Decorations
Biography
School: Marysville High School. serial #O-420397; organized rescue network (called "Blackie's Gang") for downed pilots; plane shot down by Japanese fighters while trying to rescue the crew of a downed C-47; managed to save one of his own crew members (co-pilot James F. Spain) before the plane crashed and exploded; also onboard was Sgt. Harold Neibler, from Marysville, also MIA/KIA; Porter's body not recovered; MIA/KIApilot body not recovered; MIA/KIA
Source: Walter Herd; G.W. Claar; Esther Carmany; American Battle Monuments Commission; Marysville Journal-Tribune, 09/21/2007, p. 3A | Ancestry - Family Tree, WW11 & Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas; Find a Grave