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RAY FRANCIS EVANS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1947 – May 3, 1970
Service recordRay Francis Evans, of Reno, Nevada, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 91
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Reno, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 91
- GLENN CHRISTIE DUNCANStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
- ROBERT BRUCE HANEY JRSergeant · May 3, 1970
- JOSEPH JAMES HARPERSergeant · May 3, 1970
- THOMAS G HESSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST REGINALD LASHER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 92
From Reno
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
- JOHN RAY RHODEHAMEL IIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- ARTHUR DAVIES JRMajor · April 27, 1967
- GLEN GEORGE BURTCorporal · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL DANIEL WESSELCorporal · July 27, 1967
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · August 18, 1967
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MAXIE ROSS RICECorporal · February 1, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS BIDARTSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.