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DAVID ROSS DEKKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 7, 1948 – April 16, 1971
Service recordDavid Ross Dekker, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 128
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 128
- JOHN LANNING WILSON JRSergeant · April 15, 1971
- REX MARTIN DANIELSCorporal · April 16, 1971
- LEE ELDRIDGE GRIMSLEYCaptain · April 16, 1971
- DAVID RALPH KOWITZPetty Officer Third Class · April 16, 1971
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.