[1] His father Bayard Tuckerman Jr. was a jockey, businessman, and politician who helped found Suffolk Downs.
[2] Tuckerman attended Harvard University, where he was a member of the Porcellian Club and the Hasty Pudding Institute.
He served under General George Patton, who was a fellow resident of Hamilton.
On Victory in Europe Day, Tuckerman took custody of Reich Minister of the Interior Wilhelm Frick, who was later hanged.
[2] After the war, Tuckerman became a partner at the insurance firm Obrion, Russell & Co.[2] In 1946 he married Sarah Cole.