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ALVIN LEE EVANOFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1949 – December 6, 1970
Service recordAlvin Lee Evanoff, of Collinsville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 110
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Collinsville, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 110
- BERNARD HODGESCaptain · December 6, 1970
- WALTER VERNON MARCUMStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1970
- ROBERT JOHANN SEUFERTStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1970
- ROY EDWARD SHAW JRCaptain · December 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD BAILEYSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 109
- WALTER JOSEPH TAYLOR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 111
From Collinsville
- CHARLES BERNARD LANKFORDStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1963
- ROBERT WILCOX MOODYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- ADAM EDWARD WERSCHINGSergeant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN MOOREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- NORMAN EUGENE THOMASStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- JERRY LEE DODSONLance Corporal · February 25, 1968
- DAVID K DEMATTEISPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- LUCKY GAYLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- EDWARD MONROE SIMPSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- DAVID PAUL MEYERWarrant Officer 1 · May 7, 1971
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.