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JOE NATHANIEL TUCKER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 12, 1944 – March 4, 1970
Service recordJoe Nathaniel Tucker, of Mt Carmel, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 4, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 83
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Mt Carmel, South Carolina (Mccormick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 83
- JOHN MAREZ CHAVARRIACorporal · March 4, 1970
- JUSTIN RICHARD SPISTOCaptain · March 4, 1970
- BRIAN LYLE WILSONCorporal · March 4, 1970
- JAMES DAVID ANELLACorporal · March 5, 1970
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.