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DAVID TUCKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 1, 1947 – November 1, 1967
Service recordDavid Tucker, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 7
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Rock Hill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 7
- ARTHUR ISIAH THOMASCorporal · November 1, 1967
- MICHAEL VIEHWEGSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- JOHN GEOFFREY WEATHERBYCorporal · November 1, 1967
- JOHN HAROLD WELCHCorporal · November 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD LYNN BARTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 107
- JOHN B BURGESSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 1
- ALBERT BRILLO JRSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 2
- ROBERT WILBUR LARISONCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 4
- BERTMANN EARL MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 4
- LEWIS MILTON OGLESergeant · Panel 29E, Line 5
- KENNETH EUGENE SLATERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 6
- MICHAEL VIEHWEGSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 7
From Rock Hill
- CARL E HARRISSergeant · November 15, 1965
- EARL WILLIAM FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1966
- LIBERT JAMES WELDON JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES ELVIN MCDOWELLStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- ANDREW SPRINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- CHARLES LEWIS MORGANLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- JESSE LEWIS ADAMSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GAROLD RAY SIMMERSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- VINCENT NORVELL BANKSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- JAMES ALVIN CARPENTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
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.