Vietnam War
Unit | 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron |
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Rank | Major U.S. Air Force |
Entered Service From | Detroit Michigan |
Date of Death | November 12 1969 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Honolulu Memorial |
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.