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JACK LEONARD DECAIRE
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
April 24, 1946 – November 3, 1971
Service recordJack Leonard Decaire, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1971, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 59
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 Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 24, 1946
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 59
- ROBERT FREDRICK QUANDTPrivate First Class · November 1, 1971
- ALBIN LEE KENDALLSpecialist Four · November 3, 1971
- ERROL LYNN KENTSpecialist Four · November 3, 1971
- ERNEST J MONTELEONE JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST J MONTELEONE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 59
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.