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MELVIN DALE DECOW
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 5, 1943 – May 25, 1968
Service recordMelvin Dale Decow, of Dennis, Kansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 69W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69W · Line 2
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- October 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Dennis, Kansas (Labette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 69W, Line 2
- GAZZETT BEN BRUNSON JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- FRED DOUGLAS CARTER JRSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- NICHOLES WILLIAM CHARLESSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- ALONZO CARLTON COLLIERCorporal · May 25, 1968
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.