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WESLEY GRIFFIN TUCKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 28, 1947 – December 31, 1967
Service recordWesley Griffin Tucker, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 31, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 10
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 28, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 December 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 10
- JOHN DARLINGTON PEACE IIICommander · December 31, 1967
- GORDON SAMUEL PERISHOLieutenant Commander · December 31, 1967
- JOSE SANTANA JRCorporal · December 31, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.