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DEWITT STUDWAY JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 7, 1947 – January 13, 1969
Service recordDewitt Studway JR, of Durant, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 85
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Durant, Mississippi (Holmes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 85
- JAMES RICHARD ROBERTSSergeant · January 13, 1969
- ROGER DALE SHULERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- TERRY LEE TIPPERYSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- GARY PAUL TRYONSpecialist Five · January 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN GERE KELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 83
- JAMES RICHARD ROBERTSSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 85
- EDDIE WALLACECorporal · Panel 35W, Line 86
- GARY ROBERT WEATHERHEADChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 35W, Line 86
From Durant
- SAMUEL FERGUSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- CHARLES BOYDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- JAMES STINGLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
- CHARLIE LYNN COCHRANPrivate First Class · August 31, 1969
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.