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EDDIE LEE EVENSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1947 – March 23, 1969
Service recordEddie Lee Evenson, of Thief River Falls, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Thief River Falls, Minnesota (Pennington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 17
- NORMAN ELMER BECKPrivate First Class · March 23, 1969
- MICHAEL LEWIS BERRYSpecialist Five · March 23, 1969
- STEVE EUGENE BYARSLance Corporal · March 23, 1969
- REX FILLMORE CHURCHStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN OSBORNESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 22
From Thief River Falls
- LYNN GREGORY HIEBERTSergeant · May 24, 1968
- LEROY CLAYTON MARTINSONSergeant First Class · December 8, 1968
- MYLES DALEN WESTMANCorporal · May 13, 1969
- NICHOLAS PIERRE LANNOYECorporal · October 10, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN SWEDENBURGSpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN BESCHSergeant · April 9, 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.