Private Joe Holloway Evans was born in Rockwood, Tennessee to James and Sallie Evans. He trained at Camp Sevier in Greenville, S.C. and Camp Merritt, Hoboken, NJ. He was assigned to HQ Company, 119th Infantry Regiment, 60th Infantry Brigade, 30th Infantry Division, AEF. He was killed in action 18 August 1918 in Flanders.

  • Rank: Private
  • Date of birth:
  • 8 July 1900
  • Date of death: 18 August 1918
  • County: Roane
  • Hometown: Rockwood
  • Service Branch: Army
  • Division/Assignment: Headquarters Company, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
  • Theater: Europe
  • Conflict: World War I
  • Battles: Flanders
  • Burial/Memorial Location: Old Fellows Cemetery, Rockwood, Roane County, TN
  • Location In Memorial: Pillar V, Top Panel
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