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RICHARD WAYNE EVANS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 6, 1949 – July 13, 1970
Service recordRichard Wayne Evans, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 13, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 14
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 6, 1949
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 14
- ROSS EDWARD BEDIENTSpecialist Four · July 13, 1970
- ROBERT LAMARR BRYANSergeant · July 13, 1970
- LARRY DOUGLAS ENGEBRETSONSpecialist Four · July 13, 1970
- DAVID BARTOW HAYESSergeant First Class · July 13, 1970
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.