Into the Jaws of Death
By Robert Lyman

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Rucker
  • FORENAME
Emmett S.,Jr
  • UNIT
12 Air Commando Squadron (315 A.C. Wing)
  • RANK
Lieutenant Colonel
  • NUMBER
38511​
  • DATE OF DEATH
24th May 1968
  • AGE
47
  • GRAVESITE
Honolulu Memorial,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing (Court A)
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Wichita Falls,Texas
born 20.3.1921 Waurika,Oklahoma
son of Emmett S. and Ila Gladys (nee Huffman) Rucker
husband of Nancy Shaw (nee Green) Rucker (1925-92) (2 sons Emmett Claude and Christopher Shaw Rucker)
1 year college
actor in civilian life
entered service 6.4.1942 Oklahoma City,Oklahoma (Private USAAC)
Officer Candidate School 1944
Aviation Cadet Flight School 1944-45
343 Bombardment Squadron (Medium) (98 Bomb Wing) 1951-52
served in Korean War
12 ACS 1967-68
awards Silver Star,Air Medal (dates ?)
pilot
UC-123B Provider (54-0588)
shot down and crashed in South China Sea,off An Xugen Province,South Vietnam
remains not recovered
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 69E Line 1
Fayette Cemetery,Fayette,Jefferson County,Mississippi memorial marker​
 

DATE OF DEATH:

24-May-1968
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