Korean War
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Rank | Aviation Chief Radioman U.S. Navy |
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Date of Death | June 21 1951 |
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National Defense Service Medal
Aviation Chief Radioman Tucker was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Aviation Chief Radioman Tucker was a member of Patrol Squadron 9, assigned to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington. On June 21, 1951, he was in a PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber on a training mission when the aircraft crashed in Skagit Bay about 50 miles north of Seattle killing him.