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CECIL VAUGHN EVANS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – September 7, 1968
Service recordCecil Vaughn Evans, of Salisbury, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 61
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Salisbury, Maryland (Wicomico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45W, Line 61
- GEORGE ROBERT DORCHAKSpecialist Four · September 7, 1968
- JAMES ELLIS FAROPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GERRISHHospitalman · September 7, 1968
- JOSEPH SCHMIDTCorporal · September 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CARLTON BROWNCaptain · Panel 45W, Line 60
- ROBERT BRUCE GILRAY JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 62
- EDGAR JOSEPH GRISMERStaff Sergeant · Panel 45W, Line 62
- DAVID RAY KARRSergeant First Class · Panel 45W, Line 63
- STEVEN ANDREW WINTERSCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 64
From Salisbury
- BARRIE VANE BARNESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CHARLES WALTER PARSONSStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1966
- JACK HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- DON LEE SHOCKLEYLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- GEORGE THOMAS POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- ELMER NEAL DAVISPrivate · September 19, 1967
- JOHN DAVIS WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- ERNEST ARTHUR OLDSColonel · March 11, 1968
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
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.