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JOHN HARPER EVANS JR
Airman · U.S. Air Force
April 1, 1950 – August 7, 1970
Service recordJohn Harper Evans JR, of Hempstead, New York, served as an Airman in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 7, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman (AMN)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Hempstead, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 90
- ERIC PETER BUSCHSpecialist Six · August 7, 1970
- JOHN NELSON CRAWFORD JRSpecialist Six · August 7, 1970
- GORDON ALAN DADISMANPrivate First Class · August 7, 1970
- JAMES FRANCIS GILLIESFirst Lieutenant · August 7, 1970
From Hempstead
- ALBERT PITTLieutenant Colonel · January 24, 1966
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- HARRY EDWARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY LISZCZSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JOHN ZUPANPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD MASON JRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- ALAIN JOSEPH TREMBLAYSergeant First Class · July 7, 1968
- JOHN GERARD COULON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM RONALD LARKINPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- DONALD ARTHUR LAPESFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 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.