WWII

Joseph Richard Porter II

Rate / Rank
Sergeant

Birthdate
April 16 1916

Date of Death
November 27 1997

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
May 15 1942 - February 10 1946

Conflicts & Campaigns

New Guinea; Luzon; Pacific Theater of Operations, December 23, 1944 - January 16, 1946

Significant Duty Stations

Inducted; Fort McPherson, Georgia. Field Artillery School; Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Forward observer for Battery B, 760th Field Artillery Battalion. Discharged; Fort McPherson, Georgia.

Decorations & Citations

Purple Heart (Wounded, Philippines, June 1945); Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze stars; Philippine Liberation Medal; Good Conduct Medal; American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Army of Occupation Medal (Japan); Sharpshooter (carbine)

Notes

US Army service number 34-829-778. Born; Sylvester, Georgia. Home of record; 4th Ave. SW, Cairo, Georgia. Prior to entering the Army, he was employed by Wight and Browne Drug Store as a clerk. Commander, American Legion Post 122 Grady County, 1954/56. Owner and operator of Porter Hardware, Cairo, Georgia. Burial; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.