Robert Joseph Decker
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 452096
January 23, 1921
in Wanaque, NJ
George Decker
Mary (Flynn) Decker
Details unknown
Jersey City Reservoir
September 25, 1942
at New York, NY
November 29, 1942
from Casual Company, New River
December 3, 1943
To USNH Camp Pendleton for treatment
March 22, 1944
Died; kidney cancer
1236 Brick Street, Boonton, NJ – home of parents, George & Mary Decker
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island with Tenth and Eleventh Recruit Battalions. Transferred to New River, NC, in November 1942.
Important Events:
January 15, 1943 – promoted to Private First Class
May 1 – 10; May 24 – June 16, 1943 – sick at regimental dispensary and USNH San Diego
December 3, 1943 – transferred to USNH Camp Pendleton as patient.
March 22, 1944 – died of renal cell carcinoma (“hypernephroma”) at US Naval Hospital, Santa Margarita.
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