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DONALD LYNN EVANS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 14, 1950 – July 3, 1971
Service recordDonald Lynn Evans, of Bernice, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 97
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Bernice, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 97
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MURPHYStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1971
- JIMMY ROGER MURRELLSpecialist Four · July 2, 1971
- FREDDIE TURNERSergeant · July 2, 1971
- PHILLIP REX BERGFIELDCaptain · July 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL CLAIR MANNSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 98
- STEVEN GARY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 99
From Bernice
- PORTER EARL CALLOWAYStaff Sergeant · March 11, 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.