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LCpl Richard Evancho
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LCpl Richard Evancho Veteran

Birth
Freeland, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
28 Mar 1968 (aged 20)
Vietnam
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Plot
Courts of the Missing
Memorial ID
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Richard Evancho
Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Air Base Squadron 36
Entered the Service From: Freeland, Pennsylvania
Date of Birth: March 18, 1948
Date of Death: March 28, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Lance Corporal Evancho was a member of Marine Air Base Squadron 36, Marine Air Group 36, 1st Marine Air Wing. On March 28, 1968, he was a passenger in a Sikorsky Seahorse Utility Helicopter (UH-34D) being evacuated for medical treatment, when the aircraft crashed into the South China Sea about three miles from Da Nang, South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. **
Richard Evancho
Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Air Base Squadron 36
Entered the Service From: Freeland, Pennsylvania
Date of Birth: March 18, 1948
Date of Death: March 28, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Lance Corporal Evancho was a member of Marine Air Base Squadron 36, Marine Air Group 36, 1st Marine Air Wing. On March 28, 1968, he was a passenger in a Sikorsky Seahorse Utility Helicopter (UH-34D) being evacuated for medical treatment, when the aircraft crashed into the South China Sea about three miles from Da Nang, South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. **

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