DECKER, Loren Ulysses

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: DECK.L002
• _FGRAVE: 46161135

Loren married Warren, Lucy Beatrice 'Bea' in 1919. Lucy (daughter of Warren, Jacob Arthur 'Jake' and McConnell, Lucy Ellen) was born on 12 Mar 1898 in Songer Township, Clay County, Illinois; died on 11 Mar 1986 in Splendora,Montgomery County, Texas; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: DECK.R001
• _FGRAVE: 82798098
• Military Service: World War II, Corporal, 81st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized), 1st Armored Division, United States Army

Notes:

Robert M. Decker, 91, was a son of Loren and Beatrice Warren Decker. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Neil and Max Decker. He married Peggy Gharst in Effingham, Illinois on June 5, 1955. She survives.

He is also survived by five children, Michael and wife Linda of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Mark and wife Terri of Champaign; Dwight and wife Barb of Forest Park; Danita and husband Bill Heilenbach of Western Springs and Eric and wife Christine of Downs; seventeen grandchildren; a brother, Dan Powell of Flora and a sister, Karen Sue Pearson of Splendora, Texas.

He served in the US Army in the 81st Calvary Reconnaissance Mechanized Squadron, First Armored Division. He served in the Tunisian campaign in North Africa, including the battle of Kasserine Pass. He served in the Italian campaign, including Naples, Rome, Arno, the North Apennines and Po Valley.

News Gazette, Champaign, IL

Military Service:
He served in the US Army in the 81st Calvary Reconnaissance Mechanized Squadron, First Armored Division. He served in the Tunisian campaign in North Africa, including the battle of Kasserine Pass. He served in the Italian campaign, including Naples, Rome, Arno, the North Apennines and Po Valley.

Family/Spouse: Gharst, Peggy June. Peggy was born on 4 Jan 1930 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 31 Oct 2015 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Kansas, Edgar County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: DECK.M003
• _FGRAVE: 133782802
• Military Service: World War II, Motor Machinist's Mate First Class, United States Navy

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Military Service:
Enlisted and entered active service on September 30, 1942 at the Navy Recruiting Station, Saint Louis, Missouri. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Illinois, and attended the service school at Naval Training Station Columbia, Missouri. Served in turn at Receiving Station San Francisco, California; Navy 128 (Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii); Submarine Base (Repair Unit 'Afirm'); And Navy Weather Central. Earned The American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and The WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Motor Machinist's Mate First Class on October 17, 1945 at the Naval Reserve Armory, Chicago, Illinois.

Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2160631

Family/Spouse: ?, L.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: DECK.D001
• _FGRAVE: 14221368
• Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, Headquarters and Service Company, 1289th Engineer Combat Battalion, United States Army

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Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on December 28, 1943 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Selected for the Corps of Engineers, completed basic training, and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Light Truck Driver (345). Departed the Continental U.S. on October 29, 1944 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Assigned to and fought with the Headquarters and Service Company, 1289th Engineer Combat Battalion, in the Central Europe Campaign. Departed Europe on July 21, 1945 with his unit bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations by ship via Hawaii. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class to enlist in the regular army on October 31, 1945 at Manila, Philippine Islands. Reassigned to Headquarters Squadron, Troop 3, U.S. Armed Forces, Western Pacific, engaged in the occupation of Japan. Earned The Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 bronze battle star, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, and The Army f Occupations Medal (Japan). Honorably discharged for the second time as a Private First Class on January 19, 1947 at the Separation Center, Fort Sheridan.

Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2135951

Buried:
Corridor of Hope; Crypt B-1

Family/Spouse: Kestner, Iris. Iris was born in 1938; died in 2012. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Darrell married King, Rebecca 'Becky' in 1963. Rebecca was born on 26 May 1935 in Peru, Miami County, Indiana; died on 28 Mar 2012 in Wooster Community Hospital, Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio; was buried in Sherwood Memorial Gardens, Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]