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DOUGLAS MCARTHUR EVANS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
November 21, 1942 – May 18, 1969
Service recordDouglas McArthur Evans, of Ramer, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 18, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 39
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Ramer, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 39
- CHARLES JOSEPH CUDLIKESpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- ALLEN ROSS CULPEPPERCaptain · May 18, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH DEMARINISCorporal · May 18, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT DIMOCK JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1969
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.