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OTTO DALE TUCKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1946 – March 17, 1967
Service recordOtto Dale Tucker, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 103
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)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 103
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- RICHARD WOLFINGTON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- CLAYTON MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY MICHAEL CHUNGESSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 100
- JULIO KANEKOStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 101
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.