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RONALD LEE EVANS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – April 29, 1971
Service recordRonald Lee Evans, of Morrow, Ohio, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 17
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. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Morrow, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1971; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 17
- DONALD EUGENE WEISMANSergeant · April 28, 1971
- DONALD FREDERICK WESTSergeant Major · April 28, 1971
- TERRILL EDWARD BRADFORDSpecialist Five · April 29, 1971
- ANTHONY GEORGE BROZICHPrivate First Class · April 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GEORGE HASSELMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 18
- ROBERT LESTER LONGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 18
- PATRICK OREILLY ORRStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 18
From Morrow
- RUDY GORDON BOWMANPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- DAVID HENRY WAINSCOTTStaff Sergeant · November 9, 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.