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ARTHUR L TUCKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 20, 1949 – March 28, 1968
Service recordArthur L Tucker, of Jerseyville, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Jerseyville, Illinois (Jersey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 60
- JOHN THOMAS SUMMERS IIICorporal · March 28, 1968
- MICHAEL WALTER WALLACELieutenant Commander · March 28, 1968
- FRANK TAYLOR WATTSLance Corporal · March 28, 1968
- HOWARD DANIEL WEEKSSergeant · March 28, 1968
- WALTER GENE WILSONPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALFRED HEWETTCorporal · Panel 46E, Line 55
- JACK MORSE WOLFSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 59
From Jerseyville
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MILLERPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- IVAN DAVID ROTHFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- DALE PORTER BERTHOUXSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- MICHAEL DEE MCCLAINSpecialist Four · September 30, 1968
- JOSEPH JAMES MOLLOYCorporal · January 21, 1969
- ROBERT LEE PAYNTERPetty Officer Second Class · January 7, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.