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Personal info

Full name
TUCKER, Gordon Ira
Date of birth
11 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hometown
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O1692595
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Neuf-Brisach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 11 5

Immediate family

Members
Ira J. Tucker (father)
Eunice A. (Hurd) Tucker (mother)
Louise Tucker (sister)
Virgil Tucker (sister)
Richard Tucker (brother)
Ralph Tucker (brother)
Laurence Tucker (brother)
Allan Tucker (brother)

More information

Lt Gordon I. Tucker attended high school three years before he joined the Regular Army in Duluth, Minnesota on 2 October 1940.
He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal when he was a T/Sgt in H Company for his actions on 29 February 1944 in Anzio, Italy.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 – 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy