When Enoch Shelton Porter was born on 20 September 1917, in Arkansas, United States, his father, Elon Ray Porter, was 34 and his mother, Dora Josephine Reynolds, was 28. He married Hope Sparks on 11 May 1947, in Calhoun, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of a daughter, Sandra Lavonne Porter. He lived in Franklin Township, Calhoun, Arkansas, United States for about 20 years and Calhoun, Arkansas, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1950. He died on 19 August 1950, in Korea, at the age of 32, and was buried in Hampton, Calhoun, Arkansas, United States.
Sergeant First Class Porter was a member of the 29th Infantry Regimental Combat Team. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy at the Pusan Perimeter near Munchon, South Korea.
- Rank: Sergeant First Class
- Date of birth: 20 September 1917
- Date of death: 19 August 1950
- County: Carter
- Hometown: Calhoun, Ar
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: 29th Infantry Regimental Combat Team
- Conflict: Korean War
- Awards: Purple Heart, Combat Infantrymans Badge, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and Republic of Korea War Service Medal
- Burial/Memorial Location: Camp Ground Cemetery, Hampton, Calhoun County, Arkansas
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XX, Top Panel
- Contact us to sponsor Enoch S. Porter
