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RICHARD ALLEN EVANS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 5, 1949 – August 29, 1968
Service recordRichard Allen Evans JR, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 58
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 58
- MARSHALL EUGENE CALLAHANPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- LYNDAL RAY CALLIHANCorporal · August 29, 1968
- RICHARD DWAYNE FAIRCLOTHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES FAULKSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN JOSEPH FOLEYPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.