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RICHARD EVANCHO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 18, 1948 – March 26, 1968
Service recordRichard Evancho, of Freeland, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MABS 36 MAG 36 1 MAW FMF
- Born
- March 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Freeland, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 46E, Line 31
- ROBERT EUGENE CUNDIFFCaptain · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- JACK EDWARD DERRICOSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE ELMOREPrivate · March 26, 1968
From Freeland
- CHARLES GEORGE HUGHESStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1970
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.