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ANDREW C EVANS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1946 – May 11, 1966
Service recordAndrew C Evans, of Sylacauga, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Sylacauga, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 48
- FRANCIS JAMES FENELEYMajor · May 11, 1966
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT HAUSSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- DANNY LEE JONESPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FREDRICK OTTOSecond Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 49
- WAYNE MCKENNELY TRAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 50
From Sylacauga
- THOMAS LESLIE GORDONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE GARDNERSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- JOHNNIE RAY COMPTONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- PERRY OWEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- ROGER LEE OLIVERStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
- SAMUEL LEE MCAPHEEMaster Sergeant · July 29, 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.