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STEVEN WILLIAM DECKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 6, 1948 – September 18, 1968
Service recordSteven William Decker, of Woodlawn, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 26
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Woodlawn, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 26
- ALBERT JOSEPH DAIRCorporal · September 18, 1968
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · September 18, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS DOWNEY JRStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1968
- RAYMOND JAMES ENNERSFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1968
From Woodlawn
- CLIFTON DOUGLAS ROYCorporal · January 31, 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.