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ROBERT HUGH DECKER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 19, 1946 – October 18, 1967
Service recordRobert Hugh Decker, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 34
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Marshfield, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE JEFFREY CHURCHILLLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- WILBERT R COCKRELLSpecialist Four · October 18, 1967
- ALLEN EDWARD FIRTHSergeant · October 18, 1967
- NATHAN JOHNSON JRCorporal · October 18, 1967
From Marshfield
- VERNAL GLEN MARTINPrivate · August 8, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK SCHUELLERFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES LEO JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1967
- JAMES ALVIN STEGERStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BRUNNERSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- LOREN RAY MILLARDPetty Officer Third Class · June 6, 1968
- RONALD JOHN HAUPTSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD FELLENZChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- LEE RAYMOND PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 30, 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.