Walter Joseph Decota

Major
H&S CO, 3RD TANK BN, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
30 September 1932 - 17 August 1966
Pascoag, Rhode Island
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3RD MARDIV

3RD TANK BN 		Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Walter Joseph Decota

13 June 2005

Major Walter Decota

He took three 82mm mortar rounds into the hooch at Hill 32. The XO was wounded and evacuated and 3 more men were wounded. I took out the patrol as soon as the attack started. It was written up in the Stars and Stripes.

Sgt Dave Hare
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A Note from The Virtual Wall

Walter Joseph Decota,
Major, United States Marine Corps,
was buried on 26 August 1966
in Plot 43-31, Beaufort National Cemetery,
Beaufort, South Carolina,
with other men of courage and integrity.


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a comrade,
Dave Hare
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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
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