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Capt Irwin Mansfield Porter Jr.

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Capt Irwin Mansfield Porter Jr. Veteran

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
15 Jun 1944 (aged 26–27)
France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot
• PLOT C / ROW 28 / GRAVE 14
Memorial ID
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Captain Porter served in the:
• United States Army
• 82nd Airborne Division
• 325th Glider Infantry Regiment
• 2HQ Company

His Army enlistment location / Officer's Serial Number was:
• New York
• O-340762

He was Killed In Action in the:
Normandy Invasion during World War II
(NOTE: There is no choice for "Normandy" from the drop-down list of cities in France; so "France" will remain in the Birth/Death section)

He was awarded the:
• Purple Heart

He was the son of:
Irwin Mansfield Porter Sr (09/26/1882 - 09/16/1967)
Sarah Celestial "Sallie" Bizzell Porter (12/06/1887 - 11/23/1978)
(They were married on Wednesday 04/05/1911 in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida)

He was the brother of:
James Edward "Red" Porter (12/25/1911 - 06/01/1994)
• Sarah Hendry Porter Carroll (05/05/1921 - 02/17/2005)

He was the husband of:
Alice Crutchfield Wright Porter (01/05/1913 - 04/26/1995)
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NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY de Colleville
Plan du Normandy American Cemetery

http://www.database-memoire.eu/prive/en-us/normandy-all-soldiers/62-colleville-p-us/467-irwin-m-porter-jr-325-pir-82-ad-us

http://www.database-memoire.eu/prive/en-us/normandy-all-soldiers/62-colleville-p-us/3300-porter-irwin-m-325-gir-82-ad
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Captain Porter served in the:
• United States Army
• 82nd Airborne Division
• 325th Glider Infantry Regiment
• 2HQ Company

His Army enlistment location / Officer's Serial Number was:
• New York
• O-340762

He was Killed In Action in the:
Normandy Invasion during World War II
(NOTE: There is no choice for "Normandy" from the drop-down list of cities in France; so "France" will remain in the Birth/Death section)

He was awarded the:
• Purple Heart

He was the son of:
Irwin Mansfield Porter Sr (09/26/1882 - 09/16/1967)
Sarah Celestial "Sallie" Bizzell Porter (12/06/1887 - 11/23/1978)
(They were married on Wednesday 04/05/1911 in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida)

He was the brother of:
James Edward "Red" Porter (12/25/1911 - 06/01/1994)
• Sarah Hendry Porter Carroll (05/05/1921 - 02/17/2005)

He was the husband of:
Alice Crutchfield Wright Porter (01/05/1913 - 04/26/1995)
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NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY de Colleville
Plan du Normandy American Cemetery

http://www.database-memoire.eu/prive/en-us/normandy-all-soldiers/62-colleville-p-us/467-irwin-m-porter-jr-325-pir-82-ad-us

http://www.database-memoire.eu/prive/en-us/normandy-all-soldiers/62-colleville-p-us/3300-porter-irwin-m-325-gir-82-ad
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Gravesite Details

Bayou Rouge Baptist Cemetery Memorial Marker
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  • Maintained by: KATHY
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56648893/irwin_mansfield-porter: accessed ), memorial page for Capt Irwin Mansfield Porter Jr. (1917–15 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56648893, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by KATHY (contributor 47029945).