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JOE BEN STUART JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 5, 1949 – February 28, 1969
Service recordJoe Ben Stuart JR, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 96
- DAVID ALBERT PARKERLance Corporal · February 28, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD REEDCorporal · February 28, 1969
- PHILLIP ENOS ROSSONCorporal · February 28, 1969
- EDWARD CHARLES SANCHEZLance Corporal · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JOSEPH ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 87
- IRWIN BEYDASergeant · Panel 31W, Line 88
- JOSE CRESPOPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 90
- BURT JOSEPH MEYER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 95
- STEVE MIRICK JRPrivate · Panel 31W, Line 95
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.