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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Andrew Richard Steward JR.

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ANDREW RICHARD STEWARD JR

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

July 26, 1945 – March 29, 1971

Service record

Andrew Richard Steward JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 4W · Line 93

Position of Panel 4W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Armor Crewman (11E)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
July 26, 1945
Home of record
Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 29, 1971
Age
25
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

13 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 4W, Line 93

Same unit, same day

From Columbus

All 226 names from Columbus →

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.