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EMMETT RUCKER JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
March 20, 1921 – May 24, 1968
Service recordEmmett Rucker JR, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 24, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 69E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 12 AIR CMDO SQ
- Born
- March 20, 1921
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 69E, Line 1
- LAWRENCE GERALD RENOSergeant · May 24, 1968
- HU BLAKEMORE RHODESChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 24, 1968
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- LARRY LLOYD RILEYLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.