Please answer the following question: Facts: - caption: copyright reserved if you reproduce the above photograph , please credit ©️ homeofheroes.com 1999 -- 2006 by homeofheroes.com all rights - placeofburial label: place of burial - death date: 18 july 1969 - allegiance: united states - rank: sergeant - placeofburial: liberty hill cemetery , florala , alabama - awards: medal of honor purple heart - birth date: 17 july 1948 - serviceyears: 1966 -- 69 - name: rodney john evans - branch: united states army - unit: 12th cavalry regiment - death place: tay ninh province , vietnam -lrb- kia -rrb- - birth place: chelsea , massachusetts Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rodney j. evans .
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rodney john evans -lrb- july 17 , 1948 -- july 18 , 1969 -rrb- was a sergeant in the united states army 's 1st battalion of the 12th cavalry regiment , 1st cavalry division .evans was killed in action during the vietnam war in tay ninh province .he died protecting other members of his unit from a concealed land mine using his own body , for which he received the medal of honor .