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GERALD ANTHONY DECKER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 17, 1948 – April 10, 1969
Service recordGerald Anthony Decker, of Sentinel Butte, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 48
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Sentinel Butte, North Dakota (Golden Valley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 48
- JOSEPH CLERKINPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 1969
- GEORGE ALBERT F DASHO JRSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN DAUBERTSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- DWIGHT MONTGOMERY DURHAMSergeant · April 10, 1969
From Sentinel Butte
- JOHN CHARLES LUNDINSergeant First Class · April 25, 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.