Joe Tucker
1950
Joe E. Tucker.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened
Sheriff Joe Tucker was killed in an airplane crash when the single-engine aircraft ran out of gas seven miles north of Greeley, Nebraska.
Sheriff Tucker was transporting the wife of an inmate home to Minnesota from Pueblo after a visit to the jail when the crash occurred. Sheriff Tucker was piloting the aircraft he owned. The passenger also died in the crash.
Sheriff Tucker was a United States Army WWII veteran and had served with the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office for two years.
Sheriff Tucker was transporting the wife of an inmate home to Minnesota from Pueblo after a visit to the jail when the crash occurred. Sheriff Tucker was piloting the aircraft he owned. The passenger also died in the crash.
Sheriff Tucker was a United States Army WWII veteran and had served with the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office for two years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
Service Record
Also Served
Pueblo County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff
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