Name:
Billy E. Tucker
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
7080278
Unit:
146th Combat Engineer Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-06-06
State:
Oklahoma
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Plot:
H
Row:
27
Grave:
20
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Born in Oklahoma on April 1, 1922. Served in the 146th Combat Engineer Battalion killed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944 (D-Day). He is buried next to his brother Major John Tucker who was killed several weeks later in France.