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DONNY LYNN TUCKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1950 – October 10, 1970
Service recordDonny Lynn Tucker, of Stanfield, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 124
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Stanfield, North Carolina (Stanly County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 7W, Line 124
- JAMES LAWRENCE SUYDAMSergeant · October 9, 1969
- JAMES HENRY TURNERSpecialist Five · October 9, 1969
- FRANK LEONARD WILSONSpecialist Four · October 10, 1970
- ROBERT WADE BRUNSONCaptain · October 11, 1970
From Stanfield
- LARRY CECIL HATHCOCKSpecialist Four · September 21, 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.