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JERRY DEAN STEWART
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1936 – February 19, 1966
Service recordJerry Dean Stewart, of Lanagan, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 18, 1936
- Home of record
- Lanagan, Missouri (Mcdonald County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 53
- DOUGLAS JOHN WADEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- ARFIEN CLIFFORD ALISpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- JAMES OTIS ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1966
- THOMAS MANUEL DILLARDSpecialist Five · February 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ELZIE J COLLINS JRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 50
- HURSHEL FRASUREPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 50
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 51
- JACK LLEWELLYN JAMESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 51
- RONALD MICHAEL KENNYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 51
- KENNETH WAYNE LANTERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 51
- ROBERT C LILLYStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 52
- CLARENCE MEDLEYSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 52
- RAYMOND LUKE NAYLORSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 52
- DOUGLAS JOHN WADEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 53
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.