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CLIFFRED MELVIN EVANS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1946 – June 9, 1968
Service recordCliffred Melvin Evans, of Shelton, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Shelton, Washington (Mason County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 8
- CLIFFORD EUGENE FORD JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE FULLERLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- LARRY HOWARD GIFFORDSergeant · June 9, 1968
- MERVIN DENNIS GOLDENStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1968
From Shelton
- RICHARD RALPH ROUNDTREEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- GARY LYNN ENGEBRETSONSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY SWANTAKStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- PAUL LEROY GRAFFECaptain · October 3, 1969
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.