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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of George Edward Stewart.

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GEORGE EDWARD STEWART

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

January 14, 1945 – October 18, 1966

Service record

George Edward Stewart, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 11E · Line 89

Position of Panel 11E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
Unit (as recorded)
HHC 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
Born
January 14, 1945
Home of record
Poplar Bluff, Missouri (Butler County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 18, 1966
Age
21
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

22 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 11E, Line 89

From Poplar Bluff

All 14 names from Poplar Bluff →

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.