Ervin M. Decker

  • ASN:
    37305770
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    May 4, 1921
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Mar 4, 1945
FULL NAME:

Ervin M. Decker

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

37305770

  • DATE OF BIRTH: May 4, 1921
  • DATE OF DEATH: Mar 4, 1945
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Stearns County, Minnesota

ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    38th Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company H, 2nd Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Corporal (Cpl.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Rifleman
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Purple Heart, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Died of Wounds (DOW)
  • DATE:
    Mar 4, 1945
  • LOCATION:
    Germany
  • NOTES:
    Diagnosis: Fracture, compound, comminuted with no nerve or artery involvement; Location: Pelvis, generally; Location: Femur, generally; CausativeAgent: Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified; Diagnosis: Fracture, compound, comminuted with no nerve. Penicillin therapy (treatment with penicillin); Transfusion (transfer of another's blood to a patient) (includes administration of plasma).
HONORED BY:

Men of the 2nd Infantry Division

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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

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