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JOHNNY LEE EVANS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 9, 1943 – October 28, 1968
Service recordJohnny Lee Evans, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 48
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 48
- ROCKY LEE BLAIRLance Corporal · October 28, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD CONNORLieutenant Colonel · October 28, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE FAULPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
- RONNIE LEN RUSSELLPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BARRY ALAN COPPSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 51
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
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.