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ALBERT EVANS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 21, 1949 – January 21, 1968
Service recordAlbert Evans, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 5
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 5
- MERLE CLAYTON EICHER JRLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1968
- EUGENE THOMAS FRALEYPetty Officer Second Class · January 21, 1968
- LARRY JOHN FRITZGERALDSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.