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DAVID LAWRENCE DECKARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1948 – March 24, 1969
Service recordDavid Lawrence Deckard, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 94
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)
- Born
- January 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Added to the Wall
- 2012
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 94
- WILLIE JAMES SIEGLERCorporal · March 30, 1969
- FRED D SMITHSergeant · March 30, 1969
- MELTON EDWARD SMITHCorporal · March 30, 1969
- WALTER DANIEL SMITHSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
- CHESTER H TERRY JRSergeant · March 30, 1969
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2012, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.