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EDWARD STEWART
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 7, 1947 – August 10, 1968
Service recordEdward Stewart, of Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 45
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 45
- KURT PATRICK STEPHENSONCorporal · August 10, 1968
- DAVID ROY THOMASLance Corporal · August 10, 1968
- GEORGE ERNEST VALKER IIISpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- STANLEY ROCKY WOHLMANSergeant Major · August 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEE AULTCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 38
- RICHARD K CRISWELL IIICorporal · Panel 49W, Line 39
- ANTONIO VARGAS GARCIASergeant · Panel 49W, Line 40
- ALBERT RANDELL HAYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 41
- ROGER HULSEYCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 41
- SAMUEL REESE JAMES IICorporal · Panel 49W, Line 42
- RAYMOND GEORGE KRISKOVICHSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 42
- JOHN JOSEPH MATARAZZI JRCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 42
- PAUL GREGORY OLENZUKPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 43
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLOSSERCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 44
- MICHAEL BRYANT SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 44
- KURT PATRICK STEPHENSONCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 45
- GEORGE ERNEST VALKER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 45
From Monroe
- RONNIE JOE HERRINGTONCorporal · January 19, 1966
- HOSEA DENNIS ADAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- JAMES ODAS MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- CLAIBORNE LAVELLE SHAWLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- PETER LITTLELance Corporal · November 16, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- BOBBY GAYLE STANFORDPrivate · May 12, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 1967
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.