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JERRY JAMES TUCKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1946 – August 19, 1967
Service recordJerry James Tucker, of Apopka, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Apopka, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- 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 August 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 17
- DARREL ULDRIC MAHANCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES WARREN NEISZ JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM RAGLEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL SECANTIMajor · August 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TONY WAYNE COLLIERSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 15
From Apopka
- EARL PHILLIP SUMMERSILLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JACKIE ELMORE WALLACEPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH WITTMANPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
- EUGENE BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1970
- JOSEPH MCGUCKINSpecialist Four · October 5, 1970
- GEORGE WILLIAM CARTERMajor · April 24, 1972
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.