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WILLIE JAMES TUCKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1944 – August 20, 1966
Service recordWillie James Tucker, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 22
- THOMAS ROBERT KYLE JRPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- SILBANO MORINPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- DANIEL EUGENE MORRISLance Corporal · August 20, 1966
- ALLEN CLARENCE ROCKPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 21
- THOMAS TARO KASAIPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 21
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- COLINNA FEEMSTERSpecialist Four · September 1, 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.