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CLARENCE LOVICE EVANS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1949 – January 31, 1968
Service recordClarence Lovice Evans, of Paris, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Paris, Texas (Lamar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 7
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DUNCANWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- HARRY LEON ECTONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- FRANK EDWIN FAUGHTSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL FINNEGANPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY VAUGHAN GRAYSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 4
- JOSEPH ANDREW GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 9
- MARVIN HAROLD JONES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 18
From Paris
- BOBBY JOE BRASWELLPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- HARDY LEE BELLChief Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- JOE EARL LADELLSpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- ARNOLD REX BRAYSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- TITUS LEE EPPSPrivate First Class · November 12, 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.