Lewis B. Porterfield
United States admiral
Died when: 62 years 157 days (749 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
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USS Porterfield (DD-682) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy.Commissioned in 1943, she served in several Pacific campaigns during World War II, earning ten battle stars.
She was decommissioned immediately after the end of the war but reactivated in 1951 for the Korean War, earning four more battle stars, and then served continuously until 1969.
She was sunk as a target in 1982.
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