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Home Town Parsons
Date of Passing Jun 07, 2000
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SGT KEITH EDWIN EVANS ENTERED THE USAAF ON 21 OCTOBER 1943, SOON AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. SGT EVANS ATTENDED AIRPLANE MECHANIC SCHOOL AT LINCOLN, NEBRASKA PRIOR TO BEING SENT TO THE PACIFIC ON 28 APRIL 1944. HE SERVED WITH THE 330TH DEPOT SUPPLY SQUADRON, 12TH AIR DEPOT GROUP UNITL 31 DECEMBER 1945. ON 25 JANUARY 146 KEITH EVANS WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY. ON 7 JUNE 2000 KEITH PASSED AWAY IN BREMERTON, WASHINGTON AND HE WAS BROUGHT HOME TO TUCKER COUNTY AND LAID TO REST AT THE PARSONS CEMETERY.
Description (Luzon Campaign 15 December 1944 to 4 July 1945) After Leyte came Mindoro, which was invaded on 15 December 1944, an air strip being obtained to provide a base for operations during the invasion on Luzon. American troops landed on the shores of Lingayen Gulf on g January 1945 and pushed to Manila, which the Japanese defended vigorously until 24 February. Rather than meet the Americans in a decisive battle, the Japanese decided to fight delaying actions in numerous places. Organized resistance ended in southern Luzon in April and in central and northern Luzon in June.