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EUGENE TUCKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 14, 1949 – August 16, 1969
Service recordEugene Tucker, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 52
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Vicksburg, Mississippi (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 52
- RONALD EUGENE SHIPLEYStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1969
- CHARLES LEONARD TROXELPrivate First Class · August 16, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD WIBBENSCorporal · August 16, 1969
- TERRY LEE BARRSpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEPHEN HEIDERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 50
- THOMAS DEWITT JONESCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 50
- RODNEY DWIGHT LITTLECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 51
- SAMUEL HENRY PIERCE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 51
- CHARLES LEONARD TROXELPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 52
From Vicksburg
- ARTHUR MELVIN GORDONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- HOWARD GARRETTStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1966
- TERENCE DALE OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1966
- ELLSWORTH I DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- JAMES C DIXONMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1967
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY BURNSIDEPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ELSEY BATCHELOR JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1969
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · September 5, 1969
- FREDDIE NEIL HAYNESSpecialist Four · November 12, 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.