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Name:
Cleveland Evans, Jr.
Rank/Branch:
E5/US Marine Corps
Unit:
A/3DMTBN, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Birth:
22 November 1945
Home
City
of
Record:
Hot Springs AR
Date of Loss:
13 March 1968
Country of Loss:
South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates:
163650N 1072618E (YD601383)
Status (in 1973):
Missing In Action
Category: 2
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: UH1B
Refno: 1085
Other Personnel In Incident:
Steven Heitman and Jimmy L. Watson (both missing)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project
01 April 1991 from one or more of the following:
Raw data from U.S. Government agency sources,
Correspondence
with POW/MIA families,
published sources, interviews.
Updated by the P.O.W.
NETWORK 1998.
SYNOPSIS:
On
March
13,
1968,
SP5
Heitman,
Sgt.
Evans,
passengers,
WO
Jimmy
Watson,
pilot,
SFC
Eugene
Gubbins,
PFC
Larry
Moore
and
Lt.
Purda,
Crewmembers
and
4
unidentified
passengers
Of
the
101st
Airborne
Division
Were
aboard
a
UH1H
helicopter
(tail
#67-17254)
Which
proceeded
north
from
Phu
Bai
airfield
on
a
logistics
mission
to
Camp
Evans
,
Republic
of
Vietnam
.
Evans
was
on
the
aircraft
on
the
first
leg
of
a
journey
To
Da
Nang
,
to
visit
his
brother,
who
was
stationed
there.
About
3-5
miles
southeast
of
Camp
Evans
,
The
helicopter
was
hit
by
enemy
Fire
and
was
forced
to
land.
All
10
persons
exited
the
aircraft
And
split
into
two
5-man
teams
In
an
attempt
to
evade
to
friendly
lines.
Lt.
Purda
and
the
four
101st
Airborne
Personnel
walked
into
Camp
Evans
at
2000
hours.
An
intensive
search
was
initiated,
but
failed
to
reveal
any
Trace
of
the
aircraft
or
the
5
missing.
On
March
28,
elements
of
the
1st
Cavalry
Division
Found
2
bodies
in
a
shallow
grave
In
the
area
of
the
crash
Site.
They
were
later
identified
as
those
of
SFC
Gubbins
and
PFC
Moore.
The
fates
of
the
other
3
remained
a
mystery
and
The
three
were
classified
Missing
in
Action.
Since
the
war
ended,
thousands
of
reports
have
convinced
many
authorities
That
hundreds
of
Americans
Are
still
held
captive
in
Southeast
Asia
.
The
Three
survivors
of
the
helicopter
crash
On
March
13,
1968
could
be
among
them.
They
also
could
be
dead.
Until
the
U.S.
seriously
pursues
his
fate,
We
may
not
know
with
certainty
what
happened
to
Sgt
Cleveland
Evans
Jr
This is a Poem as seen from the eyes of a young girl,
It explains about putting off and
putting off and putting
off
Especially putting off caring about people
We really love...
" THINGS YOU DIDN'T DO
"
Remember the day I borrowed your brand new car
and I dented it?
I thought you'd kill me
But you didn't
And remember the time I dragged you to the beach,
and you said It would rain....
and it did? I thought you'd say, "I told you so",
But you didn't
Do you remember the time I flirted with all the guys
To make you Jealous, and you were?
I thought you leave
me.
But you didn't
Do you remember the time I spilled strawberry pie
All over your Car rug?
I thought you'd hit me,
But you didn't
And remember the time
I forgot to tell you the dance was formal and
You showed up in jeans?
I thought you'd drop me,
But you didn't
Yes, there were lots of things you didn't do
But you put up with me and you loved me,
And you protected me.
There were lots of things
I wanted to make up to you
When you returned
From Viet
Nam
...
But you
didn't
...
John
Gordoski
©1972
Used
with
Permission
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