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HENRY FRANKLIN EVANS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1950 – May 18, 1969
Service recordHenry Franklin Evans, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 7 BN 9 ARTY II FF
- Born
- July 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 7 BN 9 ARTY II FF”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 40
- DAVID GARTH FINNEGANSergeant · May 18, 1969
- JAMES ROCCO FIUMECorporal · May 18, 1969
- JAMES OLIN FOGLEMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE FREEMANSpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JOHN BUDDESpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 36
- ROBERT LEE FREEMANSpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 40
- GARY DEAN MCCRAYCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 46
- RONNIE EARL PARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 47
- PATRICK L RICESpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 48
- DANA MICHAEL SYKESSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 50
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.