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