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JOSEPH NICHOLAS DECKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1950 – March 3, 1969
Service recordJoseph Nicholas Decker, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 21
- HAROLD EDWARD CROWDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- AUSTIN IVAN EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- MICHAEL ENGLANDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- HAROLD EARL MUSSELMANLance Corporal · March 3, 1969
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 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.