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Leslie A. Porter Jr.

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Leslie A. Porter Jr. Veteran

Birth
Death
26 Mar 1944 (aged 23)
Burial
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section PC Site 226
Memorial ID
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2nd/Lt. Leslie A. Porter Jr. Killed
Hometown: New Jersey
Squadron: 387th Combat Crew Training School
Service #O-693405
Awards:
Pilot

Target: training flight
CASUALTIES NOT LISTED IN MACR
Date Lost: 26-Mar-44
Serial Number: # 42-7409
Aircraft Model B-24E
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: near Floydada, Texas,
Cause: Crew of 9 Killed

Crashed near Floydada, Texas, while on a training flight out of Peterson Field, Colorado.

The # 42-7409 crew
2nd/Lt. James A. Garvey Jr.
2nd/Lt. Frank P. Cziguth
2nd/Lt. Donald Novak
2nd/Lt. Leslie A. Porter Jr.
s/Sgt. James L. Driver Jr.
S/Sgt. Pedro S. Messa
Sgt. Joseph M. Miller
Sgt. George L. Thomas
Sgt. Hervie S. Vance
Sgt. Hervie S. Vance
2nd/Lt. Leslie A. Porter Jr. Killed
Hometown: New Jersey
Squadron: 387th Combat Crew Training School
Service #O-693405
Awards:
Pilot

Target: training flight
CASUALTIES NOT LISTED IN MACR
Date Lost: 26-Mar-44
Serial Number: # 42-7409
Aircraft Model B-24E
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: near Floydada, Texas,
Cause: Crew of 9 Killed

Crashed near Floydada, Texas, while on a training flight out of Peterson Field, Colorado.

The # 42-7409 crew
2nd/Lt. James A. Garvey Jr.
2nd/Lt. Frank P. Cziguth
2nd/Lt. Donald Novak
2nd/Lt. Leslie A. Porter Jr.
s/Sgt. James L. Driver Jr.
S/Sgt. Pedro S. Messa
Sgt. Joseph M. Miller
Sgt. George L. Thomas
Sgt. Hervie S. Vance
Sgt. Hervie S. Vance

Gravesite Details

2LT, US Army Air Corps, World War II


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