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RICHARD EUGENE TUCKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 12, 1947 – January 9, 1966
Service recordRichard Eugene Tucker, of La Fayette, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1947
- Home of record
- La Fayette, Georgia (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 61
- ROBERT DAVID WARDCorporal · January 9, 1966
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- SAM BURNELL JRStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1966
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 59
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 59
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 60
- DONALD RAYMOND SANDVEStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 60
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 60
From La Fayette
- EDWARD LAMAR SIMMONSSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- EDDIE HERMAN HOLLANDSergeant · January 5, 1968
- DENNIS RAY WALLINCorporal · February 6, 1968
- JAMES CONLEY STONERSergeant · August 11, 1969
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.