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DONALD PATRICK EVANS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 13, 1942 – November 20, 1968
Service recordDonald Patrick Evans, of Lake Orion, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Lake Orion, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 17
- RONALD RUSSELL FITCHSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- WALTER ALLEN FRYWarrant Officer 1 · November 20, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM HANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- JOHN REHILL HARRELLFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEON BROWNLEESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 14
- WILBERT EVANE COLEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 15
- RONALD RUSSELL FITCHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 17
- CHARLES WILLIAM HANSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 17
- WASHINGTON HUNTERSergeant First Class · Panel 38W, Line 18
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · Panel 38W, Line 18
- THOMAS PAUL SCHWABSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 21
- JAMES EDWARD STONECorporal · Panel 38W, Line 21
From Lake Orion
- RAYMOND LAWRENCE WHELPLEYSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN WOODSergeant · September 27, 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.