House
Resolution
18
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Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
18
BY
KRESSIG
A
Resolution
encouraging
the
United
States
Department
1
of
Defense
to
include
the
names
of
the
fallen
2
sailors
of
the
destroyer
USS
Frank
E.
Evans
(DD-754)
3
on
the
Vietnam
Veterans
Memorial.
4
WHEREAS,
on
March
29,
1969,
the
officers
and
men
5
of
USS
Frank
E.
Evans
(DD-754)
departed
Long
Beach,
6
California,
for
the
Western
Pacific
to
carry
out
the
7
operational
orders
of
their
Commander
in
Chief
during
a
8
time
of
war
with
North
Vietnam;
and
9
WHEREAS,
on
June
3,
1969,
USS
Frank
E.
Evans
10
(DD-754),
while
on
an
allied
naval
exercise
during
the
11
Vietnam
War,
collided
with
the
Australian
aircraft
12
carrier,
HMAS
Melbourne
(R-21)
in
the
South
China
Sea,
13
near
the
coast
of
Vietnam;
and
14
WHEREAS,
the
collision
severed
the
ship
into
two
15
sections,
with
the
forward
section
sinking
in
less
16
than
three
minutes,
taking
the
lives
of
74
American
17
sailors;
and
18
WHEREAS,
members
of
the
United
States
Armed
Forces
19
who
died
during
the
Vietnam
War
have
been
memorialized
20
by
placing
their
names
on
the
Vietnam
Veterans
Memorial
21
in
Washington,
D.C.,
if
they
died
within
the
combat
22
zone;
and
23
WHEREAS,
the
United
States
Department
of
Defense
24
maintains
the
men
who
died
as
a
result
of
the
USS
Frank
25
E.
Evans
(DD-754)
collision
do
not
meet
the
criteria
26
for
inclusion
on
the
Vietnam
Veterans
Memorial
since
27
the
accident
occurred
outside
the
combat
zone,
and
28
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continues
to
deny
the
placement
of
the
names
of
the
1
lost
74
sailors
on
the
memorial;
and
2
WHEREAS,
the
Vietnam
War
combat
zone
boundaries
were
3
ill
defined
and
have
been
changed
from
time
to
time,
4
and
should
not
be
the
defining
reason
to
exclude
the
5
names
of
the
lost
sailors
from
the
Vietnam
Veterans
6
Memorial;
and
7
WHEREAS,
other
members
of
the
United
States
Armed
8
Forces
who
died
outside
the
Vietnam
War
combat
zone
9
have
had
their
names
placed
on
the
Vietnam
Veterans
10
Memorial;
NOW
THEREFORE,
11
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
12
the
names
of
the
74
sailors
from
USS
Frank
E.
Evans
13
(DD-754)
should
be
included
on
the
Vietnam
Veterans
14
Memorial,
and
that
the
House
of
Representatives
fully
15
supports
an
immediate
favorable
decision
by
the
United
16
States
Department
of
Defense
to
make
an
exception
to
17
its
criteria
and
include
those
names
on
the
Vietnam
18
Veterans
Memorial.
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