Major General David Dixon Porter, a Medal of Honor recipient, was a United States Marine Corps officer who served in the Philippine-American War and in World War I. He was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Carlile Patterson Porter (1846–1914), USMC, grandson of Admiral David Dixon Porter (1813–1891), and great-grandson of Commodore David Porter (1780–1843). Wikipedia
He died at home in Philadelphia, Pennsyvlania, on February 25, 1944 and was buried in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery, not far from his famous grandfather. MAJOR GENERAL PORTER OF THE MARINES, 66 www.arlingtoncemetery.net/dporter.htm
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He was the son of Lt. Col. Carlile Patterson Porter and the grandson of Admiral David Dixon Porter, the sixth of a military family. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5799757
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