RANGERS 2 Tucker, David Bruce

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Tucker ​

• FORENAME

David Bruce ​

• UNIT

Company E,20th Infantry (LRP) ​

• RANK

Captain​

• NUMBER

0-5310699​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st October 1967 ​

• AGE

28 ​

• GRAVESITE

Beaufort National Cemetery,Beaufort,Beaufort County,South Carolina Section 16 Site 62​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Elmhurst,New York​

born 15.2.1939 Panama​

son of Reuben Henry III and Mrs Tucker,The Citadel,Charleston,South Carolina​

father (1911-70) was Major General,US Army (rtd) (C.O. of 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment in WW2)​

husband of Gwynne (nee Simmons) Tucker,Florida (2 daughters Catherine and Elizabeth)​

attended Bishop England High School,Charleston,South Carolina (2 years)​

graduated Clarksville High School,Clarksville,Tennessee​

8 years service​

attended The Citadel,South Carolina 1957-61​

graduated OCS,Fort Benning,Georgia​

VII LRRP (Airborne) 1962-63​

7th Cavalry (Company A,2 Bn) 1967​

20 Infantry 1967​

awards Air Medal,Army Commendation Medal​

promoted Major posthumously​

www.7thrra.com shows him as E/20 and E/52 LRP but E/52 didnt operate until December 1967​

KIA in helicopter crash South Vietnam ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 27E Line 38 ​

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