Leon R. Tucker

Leon Randolph Tucker was born July 20, 1893, in Melrose, Mass. He was the son of Fred Irving (died 1901) and Emeline (Ball) Tucker, and brother of Alfred, Emma, Robert, Annie, and Bertram. He worked as a tinsmith's helper for the Boston & Maine Railroad, in East Somerville, Mass, and lived at 8 Rockwell Terrace, Malden, Mass.
Tucker enlisted May 4, 1918, and was assigned to the "Shawmut." He was a coppersmith, first class, for the Naval Reserve Force. He died on board, December 26, 1918, at Hampton Roads, Virginia, of disease.