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BILLY KENNEDY EVANS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1947 – December 5, 1968
Service recordBilly Kennedy Evans JR, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 45
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 37W, Line 45
- WILLIAM WARREN BREECE JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 5, 1968
- NYROON CHADEEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE DRYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
- JOHN DOUGLAS FLOYDStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JAMES AKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 44
- JOHN ALVIN BERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 37W, Line 44
- GUENTER ROBERT THONUESSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 48
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
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.