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HENRY ELMER EVANS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1934 – December 23, 1971
Service recordHenry Elmer Evans, of Henderson, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 90
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- September 16, 1934
- Home of record
- Henderson, Texas (Rusk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1971
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 90
- LEO TARLTON THOMAS JRCaptain · December 19, 1971
- RONALD WADE NUTEAirman First Class · December 20, 1971
- LUTHER BARNEYSpecialist Five · December 21, 1971
- DONALD HOWARD POWERSSpecialist Four · December 21, 1971
From Henderson
- BOBBY JOE JACOBSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN POOLPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- ROY WILLIAM EDWARDSPlatoon Sergeant · January 12, 1968
- THOMAS LYNN FORSYTHEWarrant Officer 1 · December 21, 1969
- ERVIN LEE TUTTLESpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- JOHNNY GORDON WILLIAMSONSergeant · April 24, 1971
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.