World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Military Personnel from Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, and Brevard Counties

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World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Military Personnel from Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, and Brevard Counties

Alternative Title

World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing

Subject

World War II, 1939-1945
Veterans--Florida
Army

Description

A list of U.S. Army servicemen reporter either killed or missing during World War II. This particular page shows servicemen from Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford and Brevard Counties, Florida. A notable soldier listed in this record is Private Van Buren Porcher (d. 1944), who was born in Alachua County, Florida. Porcher was married twice in Gainesville: first to Taresa May Aldridge in 1933 and then to Hattie Smith in 1939. After enlistment, Pvt. Porcher was assigned to the U.S. Army's 448th Quartermaster Troop Transport Company on May 28, 1943. While serving in World War II, Pvt. Porcher was Killed in Action (KIA) on September, 2, 1944. He is currently buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.

Source

Digital reproduction of original record, 1946: National Archives Identifier 305285, Record Group 407, Modern Military Records LICON, Textual Archives Services Division, National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland.

Date Created

1946

Is Part Of

Record Group 407, Modern Military Records LICON, Textual Archives Services Division, National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland.
Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Extent

Medium

1 record

Language

eng

Type

Text

Coverage

Alachua County, Florida
Baker County, Florida
Bay County, Florida
Bradford County, Florida
Brevard County Florida

Accrual Method

Donation

Audience

Mediator

History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher

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Contributing Project

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Project

Curator

Dones, Abraham, Jr.
Cepero, Laura

External Reference

"GRid=56374900" target="_blank">Pvt Van B Porcher." Find A Grave. http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&
GRid=56374900.
"Van Buren Porcher." FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRZ9-JLY.
"Van Buren Porcher." FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRZ6-879.

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Citation

“World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Military Personnel from Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, and Brevard Counties,” RICHES, accessed December 22, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/9360.

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