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CLEVELAND EVANS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1945 – March 13, 1968
Service recordCleveland Evans JR, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on March 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 35
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MTBN 3 DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Hot Springs, Arkansas (Garland County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 13, 1968
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam 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.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 35
- DAVID KENNETH DITCHSergeant · March 13, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL DOBRZYNSKISpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- DAVID LEE EDNEYSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- LAWRENCE ARTHUR FULTS JRPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
From Hot Springs
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MAILHESLieutenant (junior grade) · August 10, 1965
- FRANK RAY NOESergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- THOMAS FRANKLIN YOUNGSergeant · February 3, 1968
- SOLOMON HUGHEY GODWINChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 5, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM HOLTMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY WILLIAM HANDLEYCorporal · February 8, 1968
- BERNIE JACK MOSLEYHospitalman · March 27, 1968
- JOE JUNIOR HIBBLERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD SINGLETONSergeant · November 2, 1968
- FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EFIRDMaster Sergeant · November 22, 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.