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GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 26, 1947 – September 24, 1967
Service recordGeorge William Dekker, of San Mateo, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 5
- WILLIAM DAVID CASSSergeant · September 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE BERNARD CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ONEAL DUNMORESpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- RONALD OLIN MCCLUNGPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ABRAHAM WOODSPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 8
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JONATHAN PETER SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 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.