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DONALD RAY EVANS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1945 – May 1, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Evans, of Fremont, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 30
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
- Aircraft Electrical Systems Technician, Transport And Helicopter (6242)
- Born
- January 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 30
- HERALD LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- HERMAN BORJA DELEONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ENGELSENPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE GROOMSLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · March 11, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 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.