Porter, John A., MSG

Deceased

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Final Rank
Master Sergeant

Last Service Branch
Ordnance Corps

Last MOS
63Z50-Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor

Last MOS Group
Ordnance

Primary Unit
1987-2005, Army Garrison White Sands Missile Range (WSMR)

Service Years
1960 - 1981

Other Languages

German

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Michigan

Year of Birth
1943

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Contact Info

Home Town OCONTO WI	Last Address 3611 TINGLE ST BIG SPRING
Date of Passing Nov 09, 2018
Location of Interment Mount Olive Cemetery - Big Spring, Texas

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

359th Transportation Company Association

Army Transport Association Vietnam (ATAV)


	2009, 359th Transportation Company Association - Assoc. Page
	2011, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 2013, Christensen-Tucker Post (Member) (Big Spring, Texas) - Chap. Page
	2013, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) - Assoc. Page
	2013, Army Transport Association Vietnam (ATAV)
	2013, 4th Infantry Division Association

Remembrance Profiles - 60 Soldiers Remembered

Callison, Jimmy Ray, SP4, (1969-1970)	Canady, Dee Okey Nelson, SSG, (1957-1969)
Cook, Larry Davidson, PFC, (1967-1968)	Cook, Larry Dean, PV2, (1967-1968)
Epps, Cecil Wayne, SP4, (1967-1968)	Evans, Curtis Neil, PFC, (1968-1968)
Fitchett, Reginald William, SP 5, (1966-1971)	Fleming, Douglas, SP 5, (1966-1968)
Gamble, Charles Franklin, SP4, (1968-1969)	GATLIN, BUDDY, SSG
GORDON, NOBLE, SFC	Hammond, Lloyd Martin, SP 5, (1966-1969)
Hewett, Richard Alfred, CPL, (1967-1968)	Hewlett, Dennis Henry, PV2, (1966-1967)
Hoffman, Charles Edwin, SP4, (1967-1968)	Hollenbach, Donald Walter, PFC, (1966-1967)
Huebner, Terence Arthur, SP4, (1968-1969)	Johnson, Carl David, PFC, (1971-1972)
Johnson, Justin Rasard, SSG, (2006-2013)	Johnson, Leroy, CPL, (1967-1968)

Photo Album (More...)

BRUTUS GUN TRUCK DED...	BRUTUS GUN TRUCK DED...	359th TRANSPORTATION...	Current Photo
359th TRANS REUNION ...	MANG YANG PASS	1GUN TRUCK GROUP	OLD 359th MEETS NEW
09 VETERANS PARADE	WE HAD A LOT OF THAT	67-8 PASS IS CRATERS	67-68 359 TRANS CO
61 K TOWN	60 MEMORIES	61 K TOWN	73 ME & GEN CLELAND
1978 MADE MSG	3RD PLT D CO 5th BN	1968 KON TUM

Ribbon Bar

Enlisted/Officer Basic Training


	1960, 5th Battalion, 3rd Training Regiment (BCT) (Fort Leonard Wood, MO), D/3

Unit Assignments

US Army Field Artillery Center and School (Staff)

HQ, US Army Training Center (Infantry) Fort Dix, NJ

Division Support Command (DISCOM) 2nd Armored Division

Quartermaster Center & School (Staff) Fort Lee


	1960-1961, 632.10, US Army Field Artillery Center and School (Staff)
	1961-1962, 632.10, HHB, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 78th Artillery
	1961-1962, 63C10, 2nd Armored Division
	1961-1962, 632.10, 2nd Armored Division (Forward)
	1962-1963, 63C10, HHB, 2nd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery
	1963-1966, 3rd Armored Division
	1963-1966, 62B20, HHC, 3rd Armored Division
	1966-1967, 63C10, 2nd Battalion, 1st Field Artillery
	1967-1968, 63C10, 58th Field Depot (FD), US Army Pacific (USARPAC)
	1967-1968, 63C10, 240th Quartermaster Battalion
	1967-1968, 63C10, 359th Transportation Company
	1967-1968, 63C10, HHD, 1st Logistical Command
	1968-1968, 63C10, HHC, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry
	1968-1968, 63C10, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division
	1968-1971, 63C10, 36th Medical Battalion
	1971-1972, 63H10, D Company, Maintenance Battalion (2nd Logistical Command)
	1971-1974, 63H10, 2nd Logistical Command
	1973-1973, 63H10, Wightman NCO Academy (Cadre) 8th Army
	1974-1976, 63Z50, HHC, HQ Army Training Center (Staff) Fort Dix, NJ
	1976-1979, 63Z50, 130th Engineer Brigade
	1976-1980, 63Z50, 54th Engineer Battalion
	1979-1981, 63Z50, Division Support Command (DISCOM) 2nd Armored Division
	1980-1980, 63Z50, Quartermaster Center & School (Staff) Fort Lee
	1987-2005, Army Garrison White Sands Missile Range (WSMR)

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1961-1961 Cold War Incident - Standoff at Checkpoint Charlie (East Germany)
	1962-1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
	1963-1963 Training Exercise - Operation Big Lift '63
	1967-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase III Campaign (1967-68)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (1968)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase IV Campaign (1968)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (1968)
	1969-1969 Training Exercise - Reforger (Reforger I) '69
	1979-1979 Training Exercise - Reforger '79
	1980-1980 Training Exercise - Reforger '80
	1981-1981 Training Exercise - Reforger '81

Other News, Events and Photographs


	May 25, 1967, MY DAU BORN
	May 10, 1970, THE TWIN'S ARE BORN
	Nov 18, 1998, 1st GRAND DAU
	Mar 18, 2005, 1st GRANDSON BORN
	Jan 17, 2009, 2nd GRANDSON
	Jan 13, 2012, 3rd GRANDSON
	Sep 04, 2013, Other Photos
	Mar 11, 2015, GRANDSON #4 MICHAEL
	Jun 08, 2015, Message Photos
	Apr 26, 2017, GRANDSON #5 BORN
	Jan 26, 2018, Forum Photos

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

RETIRED
HISTORIAN, WEB ADMIN FOR THE 359th TRANS CO ASSOCIATION (VIETNAM). HTTP:WWW.359THTRANSCO.COM

Other Comments:

WORKED AT WHITE SAND'S MISSILE RANGE NM 1987 TO 2005 ( LAW ENFORCEMENT & SECURITY DIRCTORATE ). TWO SON'S STILL THERE, RON AT THE PX, DON ( DUCK ) AT THE BOWLING ALLEY..