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RAYMOND E EVANS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 10, 1948 – September 28, 1968
Service recordRaymond E Evans, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 35
- DAVID LLOYD DIXONPetty Officer Third Class · September 28, 1968
- DAVID PAUL HALPINFireman · September 28, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HAMILTON JRCorporal · September 28, 1968
- AUSTIN WILLIAM HAVERKAMPStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL RICHARD USSERYSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 37
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
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.