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Bobby B PORTER (VETERAN VIET)

Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery
Craighead County,
Arkansas

MAJOR GENERAL US Army
Vietnam
December 30, 1934 - January 5, 2007

Major Gen. Bobby Porter of Jonesboro served two combat tours in Vietnam in the 1960s and commanded the 1st Battalion, Airborne, 506th Infantry of the 101st Airborne Division and the elite 82nd Airborne. He served as a member of the Department of Army board for the review of education and training of the Army's Officer Corps and as director of Military Personnel Management for the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, United States Army, in Washington D. C., retiring from the Army in 1987. Gen. Porter passed away in 2007.

Contributed on 8/12/08 by tiredtech3
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Submitted: 8/12/08 • Approved: 10/19/09 • Last Updated: 8/12/12 • R42813-G42813-S3

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