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DAVID JOHN DECKER
Captain · U.S. Army
August 30, 1937 – November 19, 1967
Service recordDavid John Decker, of Yardley, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 30, 1937
- Home of record
- Yardley, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; 42 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 24
- BENJAMIN DAVID DEHERRERAPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- GERALD THOMAS DOBBSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- MICHAEL LE ROY ELLISSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- WALTER O ESTESLieutenant Commander · November 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY RICHARD CLARKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 30E, Line 23
- WILLIAM HOLT FOWLER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 25
- JEFFREY ALLEN HAWKSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 26
- CURTIS WOODROW HUTTOChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 30E, Line 27
- THOMAS OLEARNICKSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 31
- RONALD NELSON RODREICKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 32
From Yardley
- ROBERT WARREN MEISS JRCorporal · May 20, 1967
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.