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PAUL OLYNN EVANS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 21, 1945 – December 22, 1966
Service recordPaul Olynn Evans, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 22, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 71
- ROBERT CARL BOYDPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- DARIUS LLEWLYN DEMA BROWNPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- FOREST EDD DUDLEYPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- GERALD LYNN GOODENPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
From Sioux Falls
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROGER ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · January 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- DONNY RAMON KIDDChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 4, 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.