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THIRD READING
Bill No: AJR 33
Author: Holden (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 4/24/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Military and veterans: U.S.S. Frank E. Evans
SOURCE : USS Frank E. Evans (DD 754) Association
DIGEST : This resolution urges the United States Department of
Defense to include the names of the 74 fallen sailors of the
Destroyer U.S.S. Frank E. Evans (DD 754) on the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.On June 3, 1969, the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans (DD 754), while on
an allied naval exercise during the Vietnam War, collided with
the Australian aircraft carrier, HMAS Melbourne (R 21) in the
South China Sea, near the coast of Vietnam.
2.The collision severed the ship into two sections, with the
forward section sinking in less than three minutes, taking the
lives of 74 American sailors.
3.The United States Department of Defense maintains that the men
who died as a result of the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans (DD 754) do
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not meet the criteria for inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial because the accident occurred outside the combat
zone, and continues to deny the placement of the names of the
lost 74 sailors on the memorial.
This resolution urges the United States Department of Defense to
include the names of the 74 fallen sailors of the Destroyer
U.S.S. Frank E. Evans (DD 754) on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/5/14)
USS Frank E. Evans (DD 754) Association (source)
Veterans Caucus of the California Democratic Party
American Legion, Department of California
AMVETS, Department of California
California Association of County Veterans Service Officers
Military Officers Association of America, CA Council of Chapters
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of California
Vietnam Veterans of America, California State Council
California State Commanders Veterans Council
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 4/24/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nestande, Olsen, Pan,
Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A.
Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gray, Harkey, Mansoor, Nazarian, Vacancy
AL:nl 5/7/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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