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CARLOS WILSON RUCKER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 11, 1940 – March 26, 1969
Service recordCarlos Wilson Rucker, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 52
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 254 MED DET USARV
- Born
- April 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “254 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 52
- WILLIAM JAMES ROGERS IVLance Corporal · March 26, 1969
- WILLIAM WESLEY SCHOTH IISpecialist Five · March 26, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SELLITTOLance Corporal · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD SHERIDANFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY LEE HABETSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 46
- DOUGLAS EARL STOVERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 53
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
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.