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EDWARD LOUIS EVANS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 14, 1949 – June 10, 1970
Service recordEdward Louis Evans, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 38
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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
- September 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 38
- STEFANO GIARDINASpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
- JIMMY LEON GOODELLLance Corporal · June 10, 1970
- DALE EDWARD GREIFEWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1970
- LOWELL GEORGE HARDMEYERSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LOVES DELMONTSergeant Major · Panel 9W, Line 37
- JERRY LEE HURLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 39
- CLYDE DOUGLAS SANDERSCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 41
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.