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DAVID LYNN EVANS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 21, 1948 – October 24, 1968
Service recordDavid Lynn Evans, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Avionics Mechanic (35K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Klamath Falls, Oregon (Klamath County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 28
- CLYDE DAVID DOWNARD JRCorporal · October 24, 1968
- ROBERT TERRENCE DUNNSergeant · October 24, 1968
- ARNOLD M MARCHLEWICZPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE MARTINCorporal · October 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT JACOB MEESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 29
From Klamath Falls
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- JIMMY ERIK FLORENCorporal · November 6, 1967
- JERRY OSCAR STENBERGLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JOHN RENFIELD TWOREKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS COATSLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMSCorporal · August 24, 1968
- JIMMIE MALCOLM THOMPSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN LLOYD PETERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 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.