OWEN EVAN L

CPT Evan L. Owen was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 10/15/1991 at the age of 51.3 from Hepatitis B
Fort Worth, TX
Flight Class 70-28
Date of Birth 06/23/1940
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with 235 AWC in 70-71
This information was provided by Kristine Owen (daughter), SSN deceased search

More detail on this person: My dad died of Hepatitus B (HBV), which destroyed his liver. He had a liver transplant in October of 1990 but the body rejected it and he died of internal bleeding in October 1991. He started to get sick back in 1985 or so and it took the doctors a while to find the reason. Apparently, the HBV virus can lie dormant for a long time. The doctors at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, where he was treated and had the transplant, said he contracted the virus through a blood transfusion many years ago, possibly in Vietnam. I never heard that my father was injured there but I don't know.

From: Kristine Owen

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024