STANLEY H. TUCKER
HQ Company, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division

 

Pfc. Tucker was killed in action on 7 January 1945, as the 513th PIR was attempting to clear German troops from the west of Bastogne.  His Bronze Star citation reads:

For heroic action against the enemy at ****, ****, on 7 January 1945. Although Private Tucker's job was not that of manning a bazooka, he volunteered as an assistant bazooka gunner to help meet an enemy armored attack. While engaged in a duel with a tank, Private Tucker was killed by tank fire. His actions were clearly above and beyond the call of duty and in keeping with the highest traditions of the armed forces.

Tucker was from Portland Oregon.  He is permanently interred at Luxembourg American Cemetery, Hamm, Luxembourg