Charles Gilbert Tucker

Captain
114TH ASLT HELO CO, 13TH AVN BN, 1 AVN BDE
Army of the United States
30 November 1940 - 06 April 1965
Shelbyville, TN
Panel 01E Line 102

1 AVN BDE

114TH AHC 		UH-1 HUEY

Army Aviator

Purple Heart, Air Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Charles Gilbert Tucker

29 Aug 2002

I never knew you - I was only two - never the less you are still my father.

I LOVE YOU.

From his son,
Christopher N Tucker
tuckedin@charter.net

A note from The Virtual Wall

A UH-1B (tail number 63-08667) was conducting an attack at approximately 300 feet when it was hit by .50 caliber machinegun fire, rolled inverted, crashed, and exploded. Four men of the 114th Assault Helicopter Company died in the crash:
  • CPT Charles Gilbert Tucker, copilot
  • 1LT Raymond Ellsworth Rupcic, pilot
  • SGT Rafael Torres-Rivera, gunner
  • SP4 Clarence Lloyd Jones, crew chief




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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
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