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WALTER JOSEPH DECOTA
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1932 – August 17, 1966
Service recordWalter Joseph Decota, of Pascoag, Rhode Island, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tank Officer (I) (1802)
- Born
- September 30, 1932
- Home of record
- Pascoag, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 15
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- GEORGE THOMAS KRUEGERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DONALD MAURICE SINGERColonel · August 17, 1966
From Pascoag
- JAMES A BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- PETER KAPAS JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1971
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.