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THOMAS TUCKER OLIVER
Captain · U.S. Army
February 5, 1941 – February 7, 1968
Service recordThomas Tucker Oliver, of Bedford, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 9
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Bedford, Virginia (Bedford (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 9
- VICTOR CARL NORDSTROMSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- CLAUDE EUGENE NORTHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ARTURO MARQUEZ ORTIZLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- LARRY KEITH POWELLPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD ORION HOSKINSSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 2
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 5
- GUIDO SILVESTRO REALI JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38E, Line 11
- ROY EDWARD WORTHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38E, Line 19
From Bedford
- ALFRED WILLIAM ROBINSONSergeant · May 18, 1967
- GEORGE NATHANIEL DAVISPrivate · July 22, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH FINKPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
- EDWARD EARL DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 5, 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.