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WILLIE ROBERT TUCKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1948 – October 24, 1968
Service recordWillie Robert Tucker, of Paris, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 27
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Paris, Kentucky (Bourbon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 27
- DONALD RAY BURNSIDEPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- CLARENCE BENO CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD DARTTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
From Paris
- WALTER KENNETH MORRISStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1963
- FRANCIS ALLEN HUGHESPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- WILLIAM DANIEL COLLINSSeaman · July 29, 1967
- LUTHER CLARK BERRYMANPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 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.