Bruce Walton Porter
Military
Gunner
47th BG - 85th BS - 12th AF
Object Number - UPL 47726 - SSGT Bruce Walton Porter 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
![Ground personnel of the 51st Fighter Group, 10th Air Force work on a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-29264). Handwritten caption on reverse: '51 FG, 316 FS, [illegible].'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-457064.jpg.webp?itok=K4c3SuWM)
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Grayson, Kentucky | 19 December 1922 | |
| Grayson, Kentucky | 30 June 1942 | ||
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Enlisted |
Fort Thomas, Kentucky | 29 August 1942 | |
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Died |
Ashland, Kentucky | 7 March 1991 | |
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Buried |
Grayson, Kentucky | 11 March 1991 | East Carter County Memory Gardens Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky, USA |
Revisions
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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
