Porter Leigh Rich | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	3164394
Rank	Water Tender Second Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From	South Dakota
Date of Death	December 7 1941
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Courts of the Missing Court 1 Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Memorial 2177 Puowaina Drive 96813-1729 HI United States

Purple Heart

Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Water Tender 2nd Class Porter L. Rich were accounted for in 2017. His name is permanently inscribed in the “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu Memorial.

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.