Robert Leon Tucci

Vietnam War
Unit13th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromDetroit Michigan
Date of DeathNovember 12 1969
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
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Notes
Major Tucci was a member of the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Udorn Airfield, Thailand. On November 12, 1969, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on a mission near Mahaxay village, Khammouane Province, Laos about 30 miles east of Nakhon Phanom, when his aircraft was struck by hostile fire, crashed and exploded. His remains were recovered in 1994 and identified on September 8, 2010. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.