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CHARLES GILBERT TUCKER
Captain · U.S. Army
November 30, 1940 – April 6, 1965
Service recordCharles Gilbert Tucker, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 102
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- November 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Tennessee (Bedford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 102
- RAFAEL TORRES-RIVERASergeant · April 6, 1965
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JAMES WIMBERLEY LEWISColonel · April 7, 1965
- WILLIAM MARSHALL ROARKLieutenant · April 7, 1965
From Shelbyville
- DONALD RAY STEPHENSONSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- HU BLAKEMORE RHODESChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 24, 1968
- JERRY MICHAEL LOVELLSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- CHARLES CRAWFORD NAPPERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1969
- KENNETH BRYANT BECKMANLance Corporal · January 11, 1970
- LARRY EUGENE MULLINSPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
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.