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MELVIN EUGENE TUCKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1951 – October 11, 1970
Service recordMelvin Eugene Tucker, of Justice, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Justice, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 126
- LEONALD GEORGE GUILETTESpecialist Five · October 11, 1970
- PETER SHELDON HAWLEYPrivate First Class · October 11, 1970
- LARRY DEAN SHELTONCorporal · October 11, 1970
- MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · October 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PETER SHELDON HAWLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 126
From Justice
- DAVID WAYNE YARBERLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
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.