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DAVID FRANKLIN DECKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1945 – April 13, 1969
Service recordDavid Franklin Decker, of Hudson, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Born
- July 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Hudson, New York (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 72
- GARY JOHN DASHERSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- BOBBY LEE DENTONSergeant · April 13, 1969
- GARY GENE DETRICKSergeant · April 13, 1969
- GLENN WILSON DOMERLance Corporal · April 13, 1969
From Hudson
- PAUL DAVID GRASSOPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER KLOTZPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- WILLIAM ANTHONY BROWNLance Corporal · March 29, 1970
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.