Bruce Walton Porter
Military
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UPL 47726
SSGT Bruce Walton Porter
Gunner
47th BG - 85th BS - 12th AF
Gunner
47th BG - 85th BS - 12th AF
After the war Porter worked for Grayson Rural Electric. He also served on the city council of Grayson, KY and was the Mayor of Grayson, Kentucky 1970-76.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Grayson, Kentucky | 19 December 1922 | |
Grayson, Kentucky | 30 June 1942 | ||
Enlisted |
Fort Thomas, Kentucky | 29 August 1942 | |
Died |
Ashland, Kentucky | 7 March 1991 | |
Buried |
Grayson, Kentucky | 11 March 1991 | East Carter County Memory Gardens Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky, USA |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
"47th Bomb Group" - Turner Publishing, page 88
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=3785817…
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?dt=893&sc=2499…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8939&h=315979&…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137284488/bruce-w.-porter