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WADDEL EVANS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – May 11, 1967
Service recordWaddel Evans, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- 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 May 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 90
- FRANCIS JOSEPH DUFFYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- BRADFORD BARTON GREENESpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- TERRANCE EDWIN KLARICLance Corporal · May 11, 1967
- FRANK LEO LUCChief Petty Officer · May 11, 1967
From Hopkinsville
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- ESTEVAN TORRESMaster Sergeant · March 22, 1968
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.