On the operational mission of 8 June 1944, F/O Decker, while strafing an enemy convoy when he went into a vertical bank and a high speed stall, and crashed. He was piloting P-47 42-75556.
Service number T-223119
Service: US Army Air Forces
Rank: Flight Officer
Regiment: 361st Fighter Squadron 356th Fighter Group
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart.
On the operational mission of 8 June 1944, F/O Decker, while strafing an enemy convoy when he went into a vertical bank and a high speed stall, and crashed. He was piloting P-47 42-75556.
Service number T-223119
Service: US Army Air Forces
Rank: Flight Officer
Regiment: 361st Fighter Squadron 356th Fighter Group
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Missouri.
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Hazel Ann McFerren Decker
1888–1920
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