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USS Enterprise on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin, May 1966.
USS Enterprise on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin, May 1966. Photo: U.S. Navy, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Desmond Stuart JR.

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JOHN DESMOND STUART JR

Seaman · U.S. Navy

April 16, 1947 – December 16, 1968

Service record

John Desmond Stuart JR, of Mahtomedi, Minnesota, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 16, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 36W · Line 32

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Seaman (SN)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Seaman (SN)
Born
April 16, 1947
Home of record
Mahtomedi, Minnesota (Washington County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 16, 1968
Age
21
Province
Offshore
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)

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20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Mahtomedi

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.