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ROBERT NORMAND DECHENE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 12, 1944 – September 17, 1967
Service recordRobert Normand Dechene, of Biddeford, Maine, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 83
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Biddeford, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 83
- MERLE L DUEMANMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1967
- DAVID EDWARD DUMONDSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- WALTER EUGENE ELLISPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- WILLIE ELLISON JRSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE ELLISON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 83
- WILLIAM MICHAEL HARPERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 84
- CLYDE EVERTTE PAUL JRSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 85
- WILFRED M PEREZSergeant First Class · Panel 26E, Line 86
- CONRAD ANTHONY STYBELFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 86
From Biddeford
- NORMAN GERALD JOSE POITRASLance Corporal · August 22, 1966
- ROGER EDWARD LABONTESecond Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- REYNALD GERARD LEPAGEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- HERVE JOSEPH GUAYLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- RAYMOND ARTHUR BORDUASPrivate First Class · June 4, 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.