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JAMES WESLEY STEWART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1949 – February 2, 1970
Service recordJames Wesley Stewart, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 96
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 96
- DONNIE JAY SWATSELLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- HENRY BERTRAM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- ARTHUR CLARKGunnery Sergeant · February 3, 1970
- EDMOND EUGENE SMITH IIILance Corporal · February 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BARRY LEE ARMSTRONGCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 92
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.