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ALFRED KINDELL EVANS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1944 – April 2, 1967
Service recordAlfred Kindell Evans, of Orange, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Orange, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 91
- STEPHEN MICHAEL CARNAHANLance Corporal · April 2, 1967
- LIAM SOUEPH CASEYPrivate First Class · April 2, 1967
- EARL FAISON JRCorporal · April 2, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
From Orange
- FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · July 29, 1967
- JERRY WALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- EVANS BLANE CROCKER JRSergeant · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MUSICKLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- PETER GARLAND THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- ANTHONY CLARK ARMBRUSTERSergeant · January 9, 1969
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.