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THOMAS CECIL TUCKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 5, 1942 – March 6, 1967
Service recordThomas Cecil Tucker, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 32
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
- HARRY EDWARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- LYNWOOD AUSTIN TIPTONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- WAYNE DOUGLAS WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.