Sgt. Evans was the son of Walter and Mattie Evans of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He graduated from Pine Bluff High School in 1943 and went to work as an automobile mechanic by F. G. Smart Company until entering the Army Air Corps on 10/26/1943. He was sent to Sheppard Field, Texas for basic training and later received special training at the Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas, becoming a gunner on a B-17 heavy bomber. Sgt. Evans arrived in England in November 1944 and was assigned to the 8th Air Force. While engaged in his eighth combat mission, he was killed in action over Cologne, Germany. The Register of WW II Dead compiled by the War Department shows that his remains of were returned to Arkansas for interment at a private cemetery. Pending repatriation of his remains to the U.S., Sgt. Evans was interred at the Margraten U.S. Temporary Military Cemetery at Margraten, Holland.
Sgt. Billy P. Evans, SN# 38517103, earned the following verified decorations during his service to our Nation during World War II:
- Air Medal (posthumously)
-Purple Heart Medal (posthumously)
- Army Good Conduct Medal
- American Campaign medal
- European Theater of Operations Medal with one battle star
- World War II Victory Medal
Sgt. Billy P. Evans, SN# 38517103, earned the following verified decorations during his service to our Nation during World War II:
- Air Medal (posthumously)
-Purple Heart Medal (posthumously)
- Army Good Conduct Medal
- American Campaign medal
- European Theater of Operations Medal with one battle star
- World War II Victory Medal
Sgt. Evans was the son of Walter and Mattie Evans of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He graduated from Pine Bluff High School in 1943 and went to work as an automobile mechanic by F. G. Smart Company until entering the Army Air Corps on 10/26/1943. He was sent to Sheppard Field, Texas for basic training and later received special training at the Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas, becoming a gunner on a B-17 heavy bomber. Sgt. Evans arrived in England in November 1944 and was assigned to the 8th Air Force. While engaged in his eighth combat mission, he was killed in action over Cologne, Germany. The Register of WW II Dead compiled by the War Department shows that his remains of were returned to Arkansas for interment at a private cemetery. Pending repatriation of his remains to the U.S., Sgt. Evans was interred at the Margraten U.S. Temporary Military Cemetery at Margraten, Holland.
Sgt. Billy P. Evans, SN# 38517103, earned the following verified decorations during his service to our Nation during World War II:
- Air Medal (posthumously)
-Purple Heart Medal (posthumously)
- Army Good Conduct Medal
- American Campaign medal
- European Theater of Operations Medal with one battle star
- World War II Victory Medal
Sgt. Billy P. Evans, SN# 38517103, earned the following verified decorations during his service to our Nation during World War II:
- Air Medal (posthumously)
-Purple Heart Medal (posthumously)
- Army Good Conduct Medal
- American Campaign medal
- European Theater of Operations Medal with one battle star
- World War II Victory Medal
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