OLIVER THOMAS TUCKER

Name: CPT Thomas Tucker Oliver
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 02/07/1968 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 27.0
Date of Birth: 02/05/1941
Home City: Bedford, VA
Service: IN branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: A/123 AVN 23 INF
Major organization: 1st Aviation Brigade
Flight class: 66-16
Service: IN branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 38E-009
Call sign: Pelicans
Service number: O5225838
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander)
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Compliment cause: weapons
Started Tour: 11/20/1966
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Length of service: 03
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Episcopal (Anglican)
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 04/04/1998

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Date posted on this site: 09/07/2007