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BERTON DECKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 11, 1942 – March 14, 1969
Service recordBerton Decker, of Kerhonkson, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 36
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- June 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Kerhonkson, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 36
- FREDDIE NICKLYS CHASEWarrant Officer 1 · March 14, 1969
- RICHARD CHARLES CHUBBPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- EARL FERN FALCONBURYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- HADLEY FOSTERMajor · March 14, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.