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GEORGE FREDRICK EVANS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1932 – February 28, 1969
Service recordGeorge Fredrick Evans, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 91
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1932
- Home of record
- Stoughton, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 91
- VERNON WAYNE EASTCorporal · February 28, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- RUSSELL DAVID FLANAGANPetty Officer Third Class · February 28, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH FRANKOWIAKSergeant · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY BRENT CURTTRIGHTStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 90
- BRUCE EDWARD REEDCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 96
From Stoughton
- PAUL MCEACHRONPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- PAUL STEVEN CZERWONKAPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- MICHAEL BERNARD SHUMANSergeant · August 26, 1968
- SIMEON JOSEPH A BERGERONSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- GARY RICHARD GUESTCorporal · May 27, 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.