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LONEY EVANS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 20, 1947 – October 5, 1968
Service recordLoney Evans JR, of Oxford, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 11
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
- March 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Oxford, North Carolina (Granville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường 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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 41W, Line 11
- JOHNNIE RAY COMPTONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- GEORGE FLOHR JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- WILFREDO LOUIS GONZALEZSpecialist Five · October 5, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK OHARASpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
From Oxford
- JESSE L BRANDONSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- LEON THORNTONSergeant · May 18, 1967
- HUBERT ROYSTER JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- NORMAN EARL ROSE IIICorporal · February 7, 1968
- MELVIN GREEN JRSergeant First Class · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM GARY NELMS JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- AMBROSE H BROOKS JRSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
- EUGENE PAUL GEEStaff Sergeant · April 5, 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.