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WILLIAM BERNARD DECKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 30, 1948 – August 5, 1968
Service recordWilliam Bernard Decker, of Prospect, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 31 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Prospect, Ohio (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 14
- MARK KELLOGG HAGECorporal · August 5, 1968
- DWIGHT SANFORD HOWELLLance Corporal · August 5, 1968
- THOMAS GORDON HUDSONStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL HYLANDCorporal · August 5, 1968
From Prospect
- JAMES LEROY RUSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 15, 1967
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.