Walter Joseph Decota
Major
H&S CO, 3RD TANK BN, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Pascoag, Rhode Island
September 30, 1932 to August 17, 1966
WALTER J DECOTA is on the Wall at Panel 10E, Line 15

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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
E-mail address is not available. (Richland, WA, The Moving Wall, 12 Jun 2005)


 

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.

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