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OLLIE TUCKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 27, 1945 – February 9, 1967
Service recordOllie Tucker, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 12
- JOHN CHARLES HOWLANDSergeant · February 9, 1967
- EARL QUINNON QUARTERMANPrivate · February 9, 1967
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH VITANZASergeant · February 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARMANDO AGUILARPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 11
- WILFREDO PAGAN-LOZADASergeant First Class · Panel 15E, Line 11
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 12
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.