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GREGORY CHARLES TUCKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 28, 1948 – January 24, 1969
Service recordGregory Charles Tucker, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34W, Line 73
- LLOYD IRVIN LUTTRELLPetty Officer Third Class · January 24, 1969
- RICHARD ROY BELLWOODSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- LAWRENCE GABE BORQUEZPrivate · January 25, 1969
- ALVIN RAY NARCISSECorporal · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ROBERT JORDANSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 70
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.