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1st Sergt., Inf., Co. C, 30th Div., 120th Reg.; of Vance County; son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Evans. Husband of Mrs. C. C. Evans. Entered service May 7, 1915, at Henderson, N.C. Sent to Ft. Bliss, El Paso. Transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., then to Camp Merritt, N. J. Sailed for France May 12, 1918. Promoted to Corpl., then to Sergt., then to 1st Sergt., Jan. 1, 1918. In all engagements of the 119th until wounded slightly by shrapnel Oct. 18, 1918. Sent to Hospital at South Devon, Eng. American Red Cross No. 21. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, S. C., April 18, 1919.