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JERRY WAINE STEWARD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1951 – October 1, 1970
Service recordJerry Waine Steward, of Springfield, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 1, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 19, 1951
- Home of record
- Springfield, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 104
- JAMES MCDUFFIE JRCorporal · October 1, 1970
- LEE CURTIS TAYLORSpecialist Four · October 1, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN VRABLICKFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1970
- LEVERETT E YARBROUGHSpecialist Four · October 1, 1970
From Springfield
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 2, 1966
- RANDALL EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- GERALD LEWIS CATONWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1969
- HIRAM MICHAEL WOLFE IVCaptain · December 4, 1969
- SCOTT KENTON PARDEEWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT SIMONSergeant · July 25, 1970
- THOMAS HUBERT MESSERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1970
- THOMAS GEORGE BLAIR JRCaptain · May 29, 1971
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.