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JOSEPH GEORGE EVANS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1945 – March 5, 1966
Service recordJoseph George Evans JR, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Uniontown, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 116
- STEVEN ANTHONY CHURCHPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- THOMAS KENNETH EMMONSLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
- RICKEY DEAN GARNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
From Uniontown
- JULIUS JOSEPH VALINT JRLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BARRY ALAN ZAVISLANCaptain · March 6, 1967
- EARL FREDERICK BURKESergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT MCDONOUGHSpecialist Five · May 7, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE FIKELance Corporal · October 18, 1968
- SAMUEL DALE SHIMEKSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- LOUIS GERARD WHEELERSergeant · March 16, 1969
- HORACE LEE WARDELLPrivate · August 20, 1970
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.