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CHRIS STEVEN EVANS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 20, 1948 – July 11, 1967
Service recordChris Steven Evans, of Paramount, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 51
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Paramount, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 51
- PHILIP ANTHONY FERROSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- CLIFFORD KENNETH FRYESpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- ELOY SANTIAGO GRIEGO JRSpecialist Five · July 11, 1967
- FRANCIS ALLEN HUGHESPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 49
- ELOY SANTIAGO GRIEGO JRSpecialist Five · Panel 23E, Line 51
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 53
From Paramount
- HUGH G SKIPPERSergeant · December 27, 1966
- GARY LEIGH NORDQUISTSergeant · January 24, 1968
- MELVIN LEE MARTZPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JAMES WENDELL HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- RANDALL MICHAEL WAUGHCorporal · July 5, 1968
- DALE ARTHUR MORROWSergeant · September 16, 1968
- ROBERT ELEE JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HULSESpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- RICHARD WESLEY STITTPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- DAVID ELLIS OGDENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
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.