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JAMES WILLIAM TUCK JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 6, 1948 – February 4, 1969
Service recordJames William Tuck JR, of Bryson City, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 59
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Bryson City, North Carolina (Swain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 59
- JOSEPH JOHN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1969
- WILLIAM ALLAN TENNANTSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- GERALD LYNN THOMASLance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- HOUSTON FRANKLIN THOMASLance Corporal · February 4, 1969
From Bryson City
- JAMES ERVIN LAKEYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS ROLLAND SUTTONSergeant · May 26, 1968
- WAYNE DANIEL JENKINSSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- CURTIS BREEDLOVESecond Lieutenant · May 12, 1969
- BILLY VANCE MORRISSpecialist Four · October 22, 1971
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.