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Robert
Lee
Porter
, Jr.

Home:

Annapolis

, 

Maryland

Robert Porter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1917. He retired as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    U.S.S. Wilkes-Barre

    Action Date:

    July 1944 – August 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 360 (February 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Robert Lee Porter, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. WILKES-BARRE in Fast Carrier Task Force, in Tokyo Bay, from July 1944 to August 1945.