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WILLIAM THOMAS DECKER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 9, 1947 – September 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam Thomas Decker JR, of Newark, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Newark, Ohio (Licking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 34
- JOHN ALLEN WOODSergeant · September 27, 1968
- BRADFORD DWAIN WRIGHTSergeant · September 27, 1968
- WALTER CLAY BLANTONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1968
- GARY DEAN COLLINSSeaman · September 28, 1968
From Newark
- PHILIP MARION SENSCorporal · October 30, 1965
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · November 4, 1965
- GRANT A RHODESSergeant · January 4, 1966
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · May 24, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN EDRISCommander · November 1, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RITCHEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD MYERSSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 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.