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LONNIE DALE EVANS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1949 – April 10, 1969
Service recordLonnie Dale Evans, of Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 49
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 49
- RANDALL LEE HAWKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HERINGPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD HOFERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES HUCKABASergeant · April 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LOUIS MORGAN JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 51
- EDWIN HOLLAND PUMPHREYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 52
- JACKIE LEE RATCLIFFCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 52
From Monroe
- RONNIE JOE HERRINGTONCorporal · January 19, 1966
- HOSEA DENNIS ADAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- JAMES ODAS MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- CLAIBORNE LAVELLE SHAWLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- PETER LITTLELance Corporal · November 16, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- BOBBY GAYLE STANFORDPrivate · May 12, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 1967
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.