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EDWARD SAMUEL STEWART
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1936 – August 23, 1968
Service recordEdward Samuel Stewart, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 55
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1936
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 55
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- RICHARD ORRIN SOPERWarrant Officer 1 · August 23, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE STABLERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- JOHN PAUL SUPERCZYNSKI JRCorporal · August 23, 1968
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.