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DAVID BRUCE TUCKER
Major · U.S. Army
February 15, 1939 – October 1, 1967
Service recordDavid Bruce Tucker, of Elmhurst, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 15 INF RAN 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1939
- Home of record
- Elmhurst, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 38
- JESSIE SEYMORE BREWERStaff Sergeant · October 2, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD DUCHARMELance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- RODGER DEAN ECKSTEINPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- IVAN CLAUS KINGStaff Sergeant · October 2, 1967
From Elmhurst
- JEAN CLAUDE T E ESNAULTPrivate First Class · December 14, 1963
- IRWIN LEWIS HOFFMANTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- CARLOS UGARTEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- EDUARDO PAUL BRANESSpecialist Four · April 20, 1967
- JEFFREY PEREZSergeant · January 10, 1968
- BRUCE LEVYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- ULDIS JACK MALMANISCorporal · October 9, 1968
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.