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GERALD HILAND STEWART
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1944 – December 6, 1966
Service recordGerald Hiland Stewart, of East Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1944
- Home of record
- East Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 17
- FRANCISCO MARIO TAMAYO JRLance Corporal · December 6, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL TROYERFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1966
- DONALD A WISESpecialist Five · December 6, 1966
- RICHARD CARL BRANDTPrivate · December 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FREDERICK CAMPOSSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 15
- DONALD A WISESpecialist Five · Panel 13E, Line 17
From East Hartford
- ALLEN JAYSON ROYLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- DONALD MORRIS WILLEYStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ROLAND ROBERT LAFONDCorporal · May 2, 1968
- RICHARD EDWIN PALOWSKISergeant · August 3, 1968
- JAMES WALTER SINCEREPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES RIGGSPrivate First Class · January 24, 1969
- KENNETH ANTHONY LAVINE JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- ROBERT JON BEAMANPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- ALEXANDER CAMERON BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1969
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.