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GERALD LEE EVANS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1951 – February 28, 1971
Service recordGerald Lee Evans, of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 11
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Eureka Springs, Arkansas (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 11
- CHARLES RUPERT TRICKERCorporal · February 27, 1971
- RANDOLPH GUY HART JRSergeant · February 28, 1971
- JOHN WALTER KUPKOWSKISergeant · February 28, 1971
- LARRY ELLSWORTH SMITHSergeant · February 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ELLSWORTH SMITHSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 11
- ALBION JOE BERGANTZELCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 12
From Eureka Springs
- DAVID DEWAYNE TETTLETONSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.