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EDWARD LARRY STEWART
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1938 – October 12, 1965
Service recordEdward Larry Stewart, of Bluefield, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 121
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1938
- Home of record
- Bluefield, West Virginia (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 121
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JERALD LEON DOZIERSergeant First Class · October 13, 1965
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 120
- LEROY FRANKLIN MINNIXPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 120
- JOHN MILTON STARKES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 120
From Bluefield
- CARL L MUNSEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- GEORGE WASHINGTON FROESpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES FREEMAN HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1967
- FREDDIE ESTERSCorporal · July 6, 1967
- EDWARD JUNIOR SIMONSCorporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES RODNEY MORRISLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
- THOMAS BARRY CHRISTIANLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
- CHARLES DEAN PLUMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 14, 1968
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.