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VANCE MARTIN EVANS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1949 – October 23, 1969
Service recordVance Martin Evans, of Altoona, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 108
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Altoona, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 108
- HENRY EDWARD BARBER JRFirst Sergeant · October 23, 1969
- JOSE LUIS BORRERO-SANCHEZCorporal · October 23, 1969
- DENNIS MCCOY CLARKCorporal · October 23, 1969
- GERALD LEE YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · October 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 109
- RAYMOND ROBERT BLOSSEYCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 110
- SETH HAYDEN MATTHEWS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 110
- ROBERT PAUL SHEELYCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 110
- CHARLES V REDDING IIICorporal · Panel 17W, Line 111
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.