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BOBBY DAN TUCKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1947 – March 13, 1968
Service recordBobby Dan Tucker, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên 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 44E, Line 42
- TERRY LEO TRAINORFirst Lieutenant · March 13, 1968
- JIMMY LEE WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 13, 1968
- TERRY EMERSON WEBBCorporal · March 13, 1968
- JOSEPH R WENZLERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE GUBBINSSergeant First Class · Panel 44E, Line 36
- LARRY JAY MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 38
- RAUL PENA-CLASSSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 40
- JIMMY LEE WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 44E, Line 42
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.