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MICHAEL ARTHUR EVENSON
Seaman · U.S. Navy
December 15, 1947 – March 2, 1968
Service recordMichael Arthur Evenson, of Lakota, North Dakota, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 2, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 31
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radioman (RM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117
- Born
- December 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Lakota, North Dakota (Nelson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 31
- EARL FREDERICK FITCHCorporal · March 2, 1968
- GARY VIRGIL FRAZIERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- REX BRADFORD FREEMANStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS FROSTPrivate First Class · March 2, 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.