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MELVIN JEROME DECKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1949 – April 27, 1968
Service recordMelvin Jerome Decker, of Cold Spring, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 29
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Cold Spring, Minnesota (Stearns County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 29
- GEORGE BRIAN ALLISONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- JONATHON LEE GENSSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- MARTIN WILLIAM GUARDSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- FERNANDO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
From Cold Spring
- DAVID FRANK WEBERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- KENNETH CLARENCE STOMMESPetty Officer Third Class · October 27, 1967
- GENE LEO SALZERSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
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.