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1-Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
2-In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
3-HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3005
4-(Representatives Schneider, Hager, Kasper, Marschall, J. Olson, Pyle, M. Ruby, Schauer, Tveit, Klemin)
5-(Senators Hogan, Marcellais)
1+25.3023.01000
2+Sixty-ninth
3+Legislative Assembly
4+of North Dakota
5+Introduced by
6+Representatives Schneider, Hager, Kasper, Marschall, J. Olson, Pyle, M. Ruby, Schauer,
7+Tveit, Klemin
8+Senators Hogan, Marcellais
69 A concurrent resolution urging the 119
710 th
8- Congress to provide for the inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans
9-Memorial Wall the names of the lost crew members of the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans.
10-WHEREAS, in the early morning hours of June 3, 1969, while participating in Operation Sea Spirit,
11-the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans collided with the HMAS Melborne in the South China Sea, resulting in the
12-death of 74 United States sailors, including Patrick Gene Glennon of Fessenden, North Dakota, and
13-Robert James Seale of Grand Forks, North Dakota; and
14-WHEREAS, all American ships were ordered out from combat support missions in Vietnam to
15-participate in the training operation; and
16-WHEREAS, Public Law No. 96-297 [94 Stat. 827; 16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.], authorized the Vietnam
17-Veterans Memorial Fund to establish a memorial in honor and recognition of the men and women of the
18-armed forces of the United States who served in the Vietnam War; and
19-WHEREAS, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund relies on the department of defense to compile
20-the list of names and criteria for inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall; and
21-WHEREAS, under Title 38, United States Code, Section 101, veterans who died as a direct or
22-indirect result of military operations in Southeast Asia are eligible for inclusion on the memorial; and
23-WHEREAS, the evidence submitted regarding the accident that destroyed the U.S.S. Frank E.
24-Evans, killing 74 of her sailors, shows the Evans had been operating in combat support missions and
25-would have returned to combat support upon completing Operation Sea Spirit;
26-NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NORTH
27-DAKOTA, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN:
11+ Congress to provide for the inclusion on the Vietnam
12+Veterans Memorial Wall the names of the lost crew members of the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans.
13+WHEREAS, in the early morning hours of June 3, 1969, while participating in Operation
14+Sea Spirit, the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans collided with the HMAS Melborne in the South China Sea,
15+resulting in the death of 74 United States sailors, including Patrick Gene Glennon of
16+Fessenden, North Dakota, and Robert James Seale of Grand Forks, North Dakota; and
17+WHEREAS, all American ships were ordered out from combat support missions in Vietnam
18+to participate in the training operation; and
19+WHEREAS, Public Law No. 96-297 [94 Stat. 827; 16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.], authorized the
20+Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to establish a memorial in honor and recognition of the men
21+and women of the armed forces of the United States who served in the Vietnam War; and
22+WHEREAS, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund relies on the department of defense to
23+compile the list of names and criteria for inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall; and
24+WHEREAS, under Title 38, United States Code, Section 101, veterans who died as a direct
25+or indirect result of military operations in Southeast Asia are eligible for inclusion on the
26+memorial; and
27+WHEREAS, the evidence submitted regarding the accident that destroyed the U.S.S.
28+Frank E. Evans, killing 74 of her sailors, shows the Evans had been operating in combat
29+support missions and would have returned to combat support upon completing Operation Sea
30+Spirit;
31+NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
32+NORTH DAKOTA, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN:
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2859 That the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly urges the 119
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30- Congress to provide for the inclusion on
31-the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall the names of the lost crew members of the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans;
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33-BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that the Secretary of State forward a copy of this resolution to the
34-President of the United States, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate, the
35-Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States House of Representatives, and to each member of
36-the North Dakota Congressional Delegation. H.C.R. NO. 3005 - PAGE 2
37-____________________________ ____________________________
38-Speaker of the House President of the Senate
39-____________________________ ____________________________
40-Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
41-Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
42-at ________ o’clock ________M.
43-____________________________
44-Secretary of State
61+ Congress to provide for the
62+inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall the names of the lost crew members of the
63+U.S.S. Frank E. Evans; and
64+BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that the Secretary of State forward a copy of this resolution
65+to the President of the United States, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States
66+Senate, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States House of Representatives, and
67+to each member of the North Dakota Congressional Delegation.
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