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MICKEY EUGENE EVELAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1952 – October 26, 1971
Service recordMickey Eugene Eveland, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1971, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 50
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
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 25, 1952
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1971. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 50
- CLIFFORD ARTHUR HOSTENSergeant · October 24, 1971
- HARRY DEWITT MCWHINNEY JRSpecialist Five · October 25, 1971
- ELLIOT MATSUOH YOSHIDAPrivate · October 25, 1971
- BRUCE ALLYN ABDELLAHPrivate · October 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RUFUS PERRY FALKNER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 51
- SANFORD IRA FINGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 51
- THOMAS FREDERICK GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 51
- EDWARD LOUIS HIMESSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 51
- MICHAEL LAUTZENHEISERSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 51
- LEONARD GIDEON MAQUILINGChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 52
- ROBERT ALLEN NICKOLSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 52
- JAMES CRAWFORD SKINNERFirst Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 52
- ALBERT RAYMOND TRUDEAUWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 52
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.