Rank: Sergeant
Unit: Howitzer Battery, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 13B – Cannon Crewmember
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 29-Jun-1947
Hometown: Reno, Nevada
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: Unknown
Start of tour: 1-Aug-1969
Incident date: 3-May-1970
Date of casualty: 3-May-1970
Age at death: 22
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Ray Francis Evans was killed while at a night defensive position when the area came under attack by a hostile force.
Three Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SGT Ray Francis Evans
PFC Leon Garnett Jr
SP4 Ernest Reginald Lasher Jr
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Nevada, USA
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