Soldier Details
Division:
Army Air Corps
,
487th Bombardment Squadron
Highest Rank:
SergeantTheater of Operation:
European
Served:
Jun 14, 1942
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Sep 17, 1945
Military Honors:
Good Conduct Medal, Soldiers Medal, Distinguished Unit Badge with One Bronze Oak
Honored By:
Mara and Misty Coufal
Biography
Benjamin Porter was born in 1921 on a farm outside of Hoxie, Kansas. In 1934, the Porter family would move to Mayfield, Kansas and he would live there with his family until he was drafted to World War II in 1942. After his Honorable Discharge in 1945, he would move to Wichita, Kansas and marry his wife, Wynona Rouse, in 1947. Benjamin and his family would eventually move to Gypsum, Kansas in 1963, where he would reside until his passing in 2010.
