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WILLIAM EUGENE TUCKER JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 14, 1945 – May 3, 1966
Service recordWilliam Eugene Tucker JR, of Annapolis, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 21
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Annapolis, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 21
- FRED LEWIS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- JAMES DOUGLAS STOKESSpecialist Four · May 3, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · Panel 7E, Line 21
From Annapolis
- KURT WILLIAM GAREISSCaptain · February 24, 1965
- LAWRENCE HENRY DONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- JAMES S MACVICKAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT FLOYD WRIGHT JRCorporal · August 2, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE MUSTAINSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- PAUL AUSTIN LEONARDPrivate First Class · November 28, 1967
- TEDDY WAXMANSergeant · November 30, 1967
- WILMER PAUL COOKLieutenant Commander · December 22, 1967
- ALEXANDER KEARNEY WARDCaptain · February 16, 1968
- CARLISLE OGDEN WARK JRPrivate First Class · May 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.