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DANNY EUGENE TUCKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 29, 1948 – March 23, 1968
Service recordDanny Eugene Tucker, of Waverly, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Waverly, West Virginia (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam 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 1
- WILLIAM RONALD PHILLIPSSeaman · March 23, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL ROMEROLance Corporal · March 23, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- EDWARD ALVA SHARROCKSpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
From Waverly
- DANNY G MARSHALLPrivate · May 15, 1975
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.