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CHARLIE ACES STEWART JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1949 – February 3, 1968
Service recordCharlie Aces Stewart JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 16
- DANIEL PENA JRSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- MARION EARL WILSONPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- THOMAS FRANKLIN YOUNGSergeant · February 3, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD ZUNIGALance Corporal · February 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WINCHESTER MCGUIREPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 11
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.