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THOMAS JAMES EVANS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
October 8, 1947 – June 17, 1966
Service recordThomas James Evans, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 56
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 56
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- LEON D FLANDERSFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1966
- STANLEY JON FRENGPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- CONNIE MACK GRAVITTECaptain · June 17, 1966
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 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.