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MICHAEL JOHN EVANS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1949 – June 6, 1969
Service recordMichael John Evans, of Maywood, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 85
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinist (44E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 192 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Maywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 85
- ROBERT DRAKPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES ESSMANNCorporal · June 6, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL FULLMERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- FELTON ROGER FUSSELLPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
From Maywood
- WILLIAM VERNON POTTERPetty Officer First Class · July 18, 1967
- DARREL WAYNE HEERENSergeant · January 7, 1968
- PEDRO CORDOVA GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 22, 1970
- ARTHUR THOMAS BIEMERETLance Corporal · March 11, 1970
- THOMAS ALAN DELANEYPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.