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JIMMIE TUCH
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 28, 1943 – November 14, 1966
Service recordJimmie Tuch, of Gonzales, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 7 BN 13 ARTY 52 ARTY GRP
- Born
- June 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Gonzales, Texas (Gonzales County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 71
- RICHARD WARREN HASTINGSLieutenant · April 16, 1966
- JOHN MAYOSpecialist Four · November 14, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- NELSON F PULSIFER JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS REEDSpecialist Four · November 14, 1966
From Gonzales
- CARL EUGENE BOLDENLance Corporal · December 30, 1966
- LOUIS L SCHAUTTEET JRLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- DAVID RAY TOMASSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- THOMAS DUDLEY CHENAULTCaptain · April 24, 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.