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EVELYN FRANKLIN LANKFORD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1939 – February 16, 1971
Service recordEvelyn Franklin Lankford, of Mt Olive, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 111
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1939
- Home of record
- Mt Olive, Mississippi (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 111
- RICHARD WRIGHT ELLISONColonel · February 16, 1971
- CHARLES LEE HOSKINSCaptain · February 16, 1971
- MICHAEL RAY HUNTERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1971
- LESLIE LEROY KARNESSergeant First Class · February 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GORDON ALAN STOAKLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 112
From Mt Olive
- EDWARD W WASHINGTON JRSpecialist Four · July 9, 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.