Decker, George Henry, born on 16-02-1902 in Catskill, New York,
the son of Gordon Henry Decker (1878–1953) and his wife Mary McMillan born Napier Decker (1872–1942). George was commissioned a second Lieutenant of infantry in June 1924 and began his Army service with the 26th Infantry Regiment. In 1936, he was sent to the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, from which he graduated in 1937. Subsequently, he served with the 10th Infantry Regiment at Fort Thomas, Kentucky and Fort McClellan, Alabama, and the 9th Infantry Regiment
at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In 1940 he took command of Headquarters Company, I Corps, at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and was assistant supply and logistics officer, 1940–1941. In 1941 came a flurry of promotions: to temporary Major, permanent Major, and temporary Lieutenant Colonel. He was sent to Washington, D.C. to serve on the War Department General Staff, where he was assigned to the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Supply.
He was promoted to temporary Colonel in October 1942 and became deputy Chief of Staff of the Third Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He was then sent overseas to the Southwest Pacific, where he became deputy Chief of Staff and then Chief of Staff of the Sixth Army, nickname “Aloma Force”
under Lieutenant General Walter Krueger






Death and burial ground of Decker, George Henry.





