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JEROME ERNIE TUCKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 23, 1946 – June 30, 1969
Service recordJerome Ernie Tucker, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 40
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 40
- RONALD EDWARD ROBERTSONCorporal · June 30, 1969
- LARRY COSIMO VALLELONGASpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
- CLOVIS BERNARD WALKERCorporal · June 30, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT WORKMANPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH COLEMANCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 36
- MICHAEL EDWARD FOWLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 37
- JAMES WALTER JONESCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 38
- JOHN DENNIS MORRISSEYCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 39
- GLEN ERVIN POTEETSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 39
- RONALD EDWARD ROBERTSONCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 40
- LARRY JOE WHITECorporal · Panel 21W, Line 41
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.