Rank/Rate: Chief Machinist’s Mate

Service Number: 140 82 58

Birth Date: September 5, 1899

From: New London, Connecticut

Decorations: None

Submarine: USS S-26 (SS-131)

Loss Date: January 24, 1942

Location: Gulf of Panama

Circumstances: Sunk when rammed by PC-460

Remarks: David was born in Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee.  Photo courtesy of Tim Taylor. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS S-26 (SS-131)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS S-26 (SS-131)

Find a Grave Memorial: MMC David Birch Evans (World War II West Coast Memorial)