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JOHN EMANUEL STEWART
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1942 – January 8, 1971
Service recordJohn Emanuel Stewart, of Donner, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 34
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Donner, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 34
- RICHARD H SANSBURYFirst Lieutenant · December 30, 1970
- JAIME LABOYCorporal · January 8, 1971
- CECIL CHANCEY OLSENPrivate First Class · January 8, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT SHAWSpecialist Four · January 8, 1971
- ROBERT LAMONT WALKER JRCorporal · January 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS MARTIN BECKMANPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 32
- ROBERT DEGENMajor · Panel 5W, Line 33
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.