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RONALD D EVANS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1947 – December 26, 1966
Service recordRonald D Evans, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 80
- RONNIE HAROLD BISHOPPrivate First Class · December 26, 1966
- DANIEL L BROWNPrivate First Class · December 26, 1966
- VERNELL DWIGHT CARLSONPrivate First Class · December 26, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD FREELANDSpecialist Four · December 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PLUMMER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 81
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.