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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Francis Ernest Stewart.

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FRANCIS ERNEST STEWART

Major · U.S. Air Force

June 19, 1932 – April 30, 1969

Service record

Francis Ernest Stewart, of Sterling, Nebraska, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 26W · Line 83

Position of Panel 26W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Born
June 19, 1932
Home of record
Sterling, Nebraska (Johnson County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 30, 1969
Age
36
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 26W, Line 83

From Sterling

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.