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WILLARD JAMES EVANS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1948 – January 26, 1969
Service recordWillard James Evans, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 83
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34W, Line 83
- JOHN ALEX BOYLECorporal · January 26, 1969
- CHARLES DOUGLAS DRYSDALEPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- RUSSELL LLOYD EQUISecond Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
- JORGE LUIS GUZMAN-PAGANPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SHERMAN DUANE BRADFORDSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 81
- JERRY LEE ONEALCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 90
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.