The War Department has notified Maj. and Mrs. Andrew E. Tuck of 80 Chatsworth Avenue, Larchmont, that their paratrooper son, Edward, died in a vehicle accident in Austria on July 7th.
Member of the 101 Airborne Division twice cited in action, the 22-year old First Lieutenant had been stationed in the Austrian Alps for some time, serving previously at Berchtesgarden. No details of the accident have yet reached his parents, who left last week to spend the summer at Seventh Lake Inlet, New York, in the in the Adirondacks.
Born in New York City, 1LT Tuck had resided in Larchmont all his life, attending Mamaroneck High School and Rye Country Day School before graduating from LaSalle military academy, Oakdale, Long Island. The summer preceding his graduation he worked for his commission under the R.O.T.C. at Plattsburgh, New York.
Lieutenant Tuck entered the service in August 1942, receiving parachute training at Tacao [sic], Georgia, and Fort Benning, Georgia, where he did test jumping and was awarded his wings and boots.
Overseas since August 1943, 1LT Tuck was a veteran of parachute jumps in Normandy, Holland and Belgium and was promoted to First Lieutenant while stationed in England, where he received further training as well as in Scotland. He held the expert infantryman's badge.
1LT Tuck, who served as commander of his company, was slightly wounded at Bastogne, where his regiment, the 506th Parachute Infantry, played a major role, and he received the Purple Heart. His regiment also played an important part in the success of the Normandy and Holland campaigns, and participated in the fall of Carentan and the liberation of Eindhoven.
In addition to his parents 1LT Tuck is survived by two sisters, Colleen, who resides with their parents, and Mrs. Lorna Colbert of 12 Chatsworth Avenue, Larchmont.
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From the autobiography of Captain Norman Jeff McFaddin (1917-2011), a fellow officer & close friend from his unit, 1st Lieutenant Tuck was going around a mountain in a Jeep when he turned too sharply, flipped & went down the mountain. When his comrades came to his side, he was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Three days before his unfortunate passing, he & his unit organized & successfully-performed a parachute jump into Lake Zell as part of celebrating both Independence Day & the end of World War II.
Member of the 101 Airborne Division twice cited in action, the 22-year old First Lieutenant had been stationed in the Austrian Alps for some time, serving previously at Berchtesgarden. No details of the accident have yet reached his parents, who left last week to spend the summer at Seventh Lake Inlet, New York, in the in the Adirondacks.
Born in New York City, 1LT Tuck had resided in Larchmont all his life, attending Mamaroneck High School and Rye Country Day School before graduating from LaSalle military academy, Oakdale, Long Island. The summer preceding his graduation he worked for his commission under the R.O.T.C. at Plattsburgh, New York.
Lieutenant Tuck entered the service in August 1942, receiving parachute training at Tacao [sic], Georgia, and Fort Benning, Georgia, where he did test jumping and was awarded his wings and boots.
Overseas since August 1943, 1LT Tuck was a veteran of parachute jumps in Normandy, Holland and Belgium and was promoted to First Lieutenant while stationed in England, where he received further training as well as in Scotland. He held the expert infantryman's badge.
1LT Tuck, who served as commander of his company, was slightly wounded at Bastogne, where his regiment, the 506th Parachute Infantry, played a major role, and he received the Purple Heart. His regiment also played an important part in the success of the Normandy and Holland campaigns, and participated in the fall of Carentan and the liberation of Eindhoven.
In addition to his parents 1LT Tuck is survived by two sisters, Colleen, who resides with their parents, and Mrs. Lorna Colbert of 12 Chatsworth Avenue, Larchmont.
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From the autobiography of Captain Norman Jeff McFaddin (1917-2011), a fellow officer & close friend from his unit, 1st Lieutenant Tuck was going around a mountain in a Jeep when he turned too sharply, flipped & went down the mountain. When his comrades came to his side, he was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Three days before his unfortunate passing, he & his unit organized & successfully-performed a parachute jump into Lake Zell as part of celebrating both Independence Day & the end of World War II.
The War Department has notified Maj. and Mrs. Andrew E. Tuck of 80 Chatsworth Avenue, Larchmont, that their paratrooper son, Edward, died in a vehicle accident in Austria on July 7th.
Member of the 101 Airborne Division twice cited in action, the 22-year old First Lieutenant had been stationed in the Austrian Alps for some time, serving previously at Berchtesgarden. No details of the accident have yet reached his parents, who left last week to spend the summer at Seventh Lake Inlet, New York, in the in the Adirondacks.
Born in New York City, 1LT Tuck had resided in Larchmont all his life, attending Mamaroneck High School and Rye Country Day School before graduating from LaSalle military academy, Oakdale, Long Island. The summer preceding his graduation he worked for his commission under the R.O.T.C. at Plattsburgh, New York.
Lieutenant Tuck entered the service in August 1942, receiving parachute training at Tacao [sic], Georgia, and Fort Benning, Georgia, where he did test jumping and was awarded his wings and boots.
Overseas since August 1943, 1LT Tuck was a veteran of parachute jumps in Normandy, Holland and Belgium and was promoted to First Lieutenant while stationed in England, where he received further training as well as in Scotland. He held the expert infantryman's badge.
1LT Tuck, who served as commander of his company, was slightly wounded at Bastogne, where his regiment, the 506th Parachute Infantry, played a major role, and he received the Purple Heart. His regiment also played an important part in the success of the Normandy and Holland campaigns, and participated in the fall of Carentan and the liberation of Eindhoven.
In addition to his parents 1LT Tuck is survived by two sisters, Colleen, who resides with their parents, and Mrs. Lorna Colbert of 12 Chatsworth Avenue, Larchmont.
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From the autobiography of Captain Norman Jeff McFaddin (1917-2011), a fellow officer & close friend from his unit, 1st Lieutenant Tuck was going around a mountain in a Jeep when he turned too sharply, flipped & went down the mountain. When his comrades came to his side, he was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Three days before his unfortunate passing, he & his unit organized & successfully-performed a parachute jump into Lake Zell as part of celebrating both Independence Day & the end of World War II.
Member of the 101 Airborne Division twice cited in action, the 22-year old First Lieutenant had been stationed in the Austrian Alps for some time, serving previously at Berchtesgarden. No details of the accident have yet reached his parents, who left last week to spend the summer at Seventh Lake Inlet, New York, in the in the Adirondacks.
Born in New York City, 1LT Tuck had resided in Larchmont all his life, attending Mamaroneck High School and Rye Country Day School before graduating from LaSalle military academy, Oakdale, Long Island. The summer preceding his graduation he worked for his commission under the R.O.T.C. at Plattsburgh, New York.
Lieutenant Tuck entered the service in August 1942, receiving parachute training at Tacao [sic], Georgia, and Fort Benning, Georgia, where he did test jumping and was awarded his wings and boots.
Overseas since August 1943, 1LT Tuck was a veteran of parachute jumps in Normandy, Holland and Belgium and was promoted to First Lieutenant while stationed in England, where he received further training as well as in Scotland. He held the expert infantryman's badge.
1LT Tuck, who served as commander of his company, was slightly wounded at Bastogne, where his regiment, the 506th Parachute Infantry, played a major role, and he received the Purple Heart. His regiment also played an important part in the success of the Normandy and Holland campaigns, and participated in the fall of Carentan and the liberation of Eindhoven.
In addition to his parents 1LT Tuck is survived by two sisters, Colleen, who resides with their parents, and Mrs. Lorna Colbert of 12 Chatsworth Avenue, Larchmont.
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From the autobiography of Captain Norman Jeff McFaddin (1917-2011), a fellow officer & close friend from his unit, 1st Lieutenant Tuck was going around a mountain in a Jeep when he turned too sharply, flipped & went down the mountain. When his comrades came to his side, he was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Three days before his unfortunate passing, he & his unit organized & successfully-performed a parachute jump into Lake Zell as part of celebrating both Independence Day & the end of World War II.
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