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ROBERT DAVID EVANS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1949 – September 6, 1967
Service recordRobert David Evans, of Grand Prairie, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 8
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Grand Prairie, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 8
- EDGAR SYLVESTER DAVISLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- RODNEY MAXWELL DAVISSergeant · September 6, 1967
- WILLIAM NELS ERLING JRCorporal · September 6, 1967
- ANTHONY THOMAS FIELDSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
From Grand Prairie
- JERRY DWAIN LEEPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- THOMAS HILLPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- GARY LYNN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- DANNY CLARENCE BERRIERSergeant · February 27, 1970
- HARRY TRUMAN WILSONSergeant · June 4, 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.