Ward Cecil Evans

Staff Sergeant Ward Cecil Evans photo

Vietnam
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Fallen

Harwood, ND


County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Recovered:
Remains recovered

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Staff Sergeant

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
11th Infantry

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
Listed on/in the:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Washington D.C.
All Veterans Memorial, State Capitol, Bismarck, ND

Circumstances:

Military Region 1, In Quang Tri, South Vietnam

Hostile, ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire

Biography:

Ward Cecil Evans enlisted in the United States Army via Regular Military on October 29, 1964, and began his tour on July 22, 1968. His rank was Staff Sergeant, and his military occupation or specialty was Light Weapons Infantry. 

Ward Evans was born on February 22, 1940, in Harwood, Cass County, North Dakota, on February 22, 1940, to Duward Cecil and Iola Elizabeth Evans. Evans married Emily M Macholz on June 19, 1968, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He lost his life on February 8, 1969, and is buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colorado. 

Staff Sergeant Evans received the Purple Heart and is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, DC, name inscribed at VVM Wall, Panel 33w, Line 84.

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