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JOE EVANS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1945 – May 20, 1968
Service recordJoe Evans, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 1 BN 27 ARTY II FF
- Born
- July 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 4
- GARY WAYNE DUNNSpecialist Five · May 20, 1968
- RICHARD T FLATTERY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1968
- CLAUDE JOSEPH GASPARD JRSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- MICHAEL GILLARDSergeant · May 20, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.