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DANNY LEO EVANS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1950 – August 10, 1970
Service recordDanny Leo Evans, of Atoka, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 100
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Atoka, Oklahoma (Atoka County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 100
- ANDREW JOSEPH FRITSCH IIIStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1970
- STEPHEN THOMAS HENNESSYCorporal · August 10, 1970
- ANTHONY GEORGE KUBELUS JRSpecialist Four · August 10, 1970
- WILLIAM HOWARD KUSCHCorporal · August 10, 1970
From Atoka
- DEAN EDWARD ARMSTRONGGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- FORBIS PIPKIN DURANT JRLance Corporal · March 10, 1968
- BENNY JOE LEWISSpecialist Four · May 18, 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.