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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles Edgar Stuart.

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CHARLES EDGAR STUART

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

March 16, 1932 – May 19, 1966

Service record

Charles Edgar Stuart, of Bangor, Maine, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7E · Line 113

Position of Panel 7E 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. Air Force
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
March 16, 1932
Home of record
Bangor, Maine (Penobscot County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 19, 1966
Age
34
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

30 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 7E, Line 113

From Bangor

All 14 names from Bangor →

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.