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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Joseph Stewart.

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JOHN JOSEPH STEWART

Private First Class · U.S. Army

July 25, 1944 – November 27, 1966

Service record

John Joseph Stewart, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 12E · Line 126

Position of Panel 12E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
July 25, 1944
Home of record
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 27, 1966
Age
22
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

Four names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 12E, Line 126

From Philadelphia

All 622 names from Philadelphia →

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.