Major General Vernon Evans (21 August 1893 – 4 November 1987) was an officer in the United States Army who had a long and distinguished military career spanning almost four decades, from 1915 to 1954. A 1915 graduate of the United States Military Academy (USMA), he served in combat in France during World War I, advanced through the ranks and attended the required professional schools between the wars and served in staff and command positions during World War II, including command of the lesser known China Burma India Theater (CBI). After the war he served as the inspector general of United States European Command and headed the military mission that supported the Shah of Iran. He retired as a major general in January 1953. Evans died on 4 November 1987, aged 94, of kidney failure in Bethes