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JOHN FRANCIS STEWART
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 17, 1945 – May 2, 1969
Service recordJohn Francis Stewart, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 103
- CHARLES HOWARD SHELTONLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- LARRY DAVID STOLLARLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- THOMAS NEIL STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- JAMES HOWELL SUMNERFirst Sergeant · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE CARMEN ALVAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 97
- ROLLAND KEITH FRYSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 99
- SAMUEL FRANKLIN RYANSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 102
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
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.