Richard McDaniel Tucker

Korean War
RankAviation Chief Radioman U.S. Navy
Date of DeathJune 21 1951
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.