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THOMAS C EVANS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1941 – May 7, 1967
Service recordThomas C Evans, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- May 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 51
- GARY WAYNE PRICEPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- CLIFFORD M RHODES JRCorporal · May 6, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES VANLEEUWENPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TALMADGE RHODENPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 54
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- NATHANIEL HARRISSpecialist Four · October 18, 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.