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JOHN R EVANS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1943 – July 28, 1967
Service recordJohn R Evans, of Columbia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 12
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Columbia, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 12
- ROBERT OMER GAGNEFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1967
- MANUEL MENDEZ GARCIA JRLance Corporal · July 28, 1967
- GERALD BRICE KEENESecond Lieutenant · July 28, 1967
- KERMIT HAROLD LABELLE JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1967
From Columbia
- FRANK FREDERICK DOUGLASPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- THOMAS EARL BAILEYCorporal · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES ENGROFFPrivate · October 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY SHULTZLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- RAYMOND BRUCE THOMASCorporal · September 5, 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.