WD

William Bernard Decker

Specialist - 4 Army Vietnam War

Army
Army
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Specialist - 4
Unit
Engineer Equipment Repairman
Conflict / Era
Vietnam War
Years of Service
08/05/1968
Date of Birth
08/30/1948
Date of Death
08/05/1968
Hometown
UNKNOWN, OH
Burial Location
UNKNOWN
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
UNKNOWN
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Status
Killed in Action
When
08/05/1968
Where
Military Region 3, Binh Tuy, South Vietnam
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

School: UNKNOWN. serial #11707802; hometown listed as Prospect, OH; Type of Casualty: Hostile - Killed; Reason: multi-fragment wounds; body recovered; age 19; NARA Ref. #16180; honored on Panel 49W, Row 14, of the Vietnam Wall; KIA

Source: No DD-214 recorded as of 10/12/2007 in Union Co. Recorder's Office; National Archives; Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Virtual Wall