Edward Rucker
Captain Edward W. Rucker, Jr., was an U.S. Army aviator during World War I who earned the Distinguished Service Cross in the skies over Europe.[1]
Rucker was born in Bosworth, Missouri on March 20, 1894[2] to Edward Rucker, Sr. and Mary Thomas Guillet. He joined the National Guard in 1915 and when his company was federalized he was a Corporal.
He shipped out to France with the 27th Aero Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group in 1918 as a 1st Lieutenant.[3] Captain Rucker was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross on 11 December 1918 as well as the French Croix de Guerre with palm.
In 1920 he married Mabel Elmore Davidson. They moved to Buffalo, New York until the early 1940s when they moved to Fayette, Missouri until his death on March 23, 1945.
In June 2025 it was announced that Fort Novosel, originally named Fort Rucker after Confederate General Edmund Rucker, would be renamed again as Fort Rucker[4] after Captain Rucker this time.
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[edit]- ^ "Army to change names of seven installations". US Army. June 10, 2025. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
{{cite web}}: Check|archive-url=value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Edward Walter Rucker Jr". Find A Grave. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Edward W. Rucker, Jr". The American Masonic Great War Project. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "History of Fort Rucker". US Army. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
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