Robert L. Porter

World War II
Service #O-688779
Unit703rd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Illinois
Date of DeathFebruary 24 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Second Lieutenant Robert L. Porter were accounted for in 2023. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.