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NORMAN FRANCIS EVANS
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
March 6, 1947 – November 24, 1970
Service recordNorman Francis Evans, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 80
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 Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ecm/Df Systems Repairman (33G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Klamath Falls, Oregon (Klamath County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1970; three of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 80
- MARTIN IRVING ARBEITStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1970
- DAVID ANDREW BRYANPrivate First Class · November 24, 1970
- VICTOR LEE ELLINGERFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1970
- JAMES EARL ESKRIDGESergeant · November 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WARREN HERBERT MOBLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 81
From Klamath Falls
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- JIMMY ERIK FLORENCorporal · November 6, 1967
- JERRY OSCAR STENBERGLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JOHN RENFIELD TWOREKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS COATSLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMSCorporal · August 24, 1968
- DAVID LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JIMMIE MALCOLM THOMPSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
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.