G. Porter Gammill was Elsie Taylor and Gilbert Gammill's son, his young wife Mary Louise. At the time of Porter's WWII death, his son John was 18 months old. John and his step sister Kim Goodloe Rochow ARE COMING TO THE REUNION!

This War Memorial is located in El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas.

Porter Gammill was shot by a German sniper April 1, 1945, Easter Sunday.  Thirty-seven days later the Allies declared Victory In Europe (VE Day) on May 8th .  (This memory is credited to Daphna Ann Daniel Warner who was 8 at the time in El Dorado.)

Porter's wife, Mary Louise (Gammill) Goodloe, is now 90 living in Staunton, Virginia.  Porter and Mary Louise's son is John P. Gammill (18 months old when his father was killed) is recently retired in Staunton.  Mary Louise remarried Breck Goodloe whose career was as an attorney and judge.  Their daughter Kim Goodloe Rochow lives in Atlanta, Georgia.