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BARRY GLENN TUCKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 11, 1949 – June 18, 1970
Service recordBarry Glenn Tucker, of Pioneer, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 66
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Pioneer, Ohio (Williams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 66
- STEVEN RAY STOLTZSergeant · June 18, 1970
- RALPH MORGAN TRIPLETTCorporal · June 18, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHARTONPrivate · June 18, 1970
- FRANK CHARLES ZONAR JRSergeant · June 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP CASTILLOSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 62
- HENRY PATRICK CLARKSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 63
- EARNEST HARDIMON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 64
- WESLEY EUGENE MELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 65
- RODRICK ALLAN SKEINSSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 65
- FRANK CHARLES ZONAR JRSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 66
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.