Camp Evans is a former U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps base northwest of
Huế
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in central
Vietnam
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History
1966-7
Camp Evans was established by the
3rd Battalion, 26th Marines in late 1966 as part of
Operation Chinook. The camp was located to the west of
Highway 1, approximately 24 km northwest of Huế in
Thừa Thiên–Huế Province. The camp was named after Marine Lance Corporal Paul Evans who was killed during Operation Chinook.
Marine units based at Camp Evans during this period included:
*
4th Marine Regiment
The 4th Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps. Based at Camp Schwab in Okinawa, Japan, it is part of the 3rd Marine Division of the III Marine Expeditionary Force.
Mission
Close with and destroy the enemy by fi ...
1968
![Airfield upgrade, Camp Evans, March 1968](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Airfield_upgrade%2C_Camp_Evans%2C_March_1968.png)
In January 1968 Camp Evans was taken over by the
1st Cavalry Division.
![UH-1 damage in rocket attack on Camp Evans, 21 May 1968](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/UH-1_damage_in_rocket_attack_on_Camp_Evans%2C_21_May_1968.jpg)
On the night of 19 May 1968 the ammunition dump at Camp Evans was hit by
People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) rockets and exploded causing a chain reaction and fire that lasted more than 12 hours and damaged or destroyed 124 aircraft rendering the
1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division combat ineffective for a week until replacement aircraft arrived.
On 3 October 1968 a USAF
C-7 Caribou
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(#63-9753) that had just taken off from the Camp Evans airstrip collided with a 1st Cavalry
Boeing CH-47 Chinook (#66-19041) resulting in the death of all 24 passengers and crew on both aircraft.
1969-72
Camp Evans was taken over by the
101st Airborne Division.
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Army units based at Camp Evans during this period included:
* 158th Assault Helicopter Battalion
*3rd Battalion, ]187th Infantry Regiment
The 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment (Rakkasans) is a regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.
, the 1st and 3rd battalions are the only active elements of the regiment; they are assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Divisio ...
*2nd Battalion, 94th Artillery Regiment (November 1969 – 1970)[
*]18th Surgical Hospital
18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19.
In mathematics
* Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...
(March–December 1969)[
* 63rd Signal Battalion (March 1970-January 1972)][
* C Battery, 4th Battalion, 77th Artillery (Aerial Rocket Artillery), 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile)
* 101st Military Police, Third Platoon.
The 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron used Camp Evans as a forward operating base.]
Current use
The base is abandoned and turned over to farmland.
References
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External links
Camp Evans, Vietnam (1971)
Texas Archive of the Moving Image
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) is an independent 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2002 by film archivist and University of Texas at Austin professor Caroline Frick, PhD. TAMI's mission is to preserve, study, and exhibit Texas film h ...
Buildings and structures in Thừa Thiên Huế province
Military installations of the United States Marine Corps in South Vietnam
Installations of the United States Army in South Vietnam
Military installations closed in the 1970s