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WILLIAM LARRY EVANS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1947 – June 7, 1967
Service recordWilliam Larry Evans, of Millington, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Millington, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1967; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 66
- LAWRENCE ARTHUR BROOKSPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- RONALD LEE CROOKSCorporal · June 7, 1967
- BUCKNER CRUMP JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS ENDERBYLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EVERDENE BAKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 65
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 65
- REX ALFRED LADUKEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 69
- LUIS ENRE MILAN-ANAVITARTEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 69
- KENNETH PURCELL NEWTONSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 70
From Millington
- MARK FOSTER UDELLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- THOMETT DARTHAN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- PAUL JOSEPH STRAUSSERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT L SMITHSergeant · August 25, 1966
- FREDDIE JOE KEELEYPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES ELTON ONEALSergeant · November 24, 1967
- CLIFTON MALONEStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- LARRY MURDOCKSergeant · March 4, 1969
- ELTON HARROLD ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY YOUNT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1970
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.