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JOHN LEONARD STEWART
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 25, 1945 – February 26, 1968
Service recordJohn Leonard Stewart, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 44
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 44
- ROY STEPHEN SPURGEONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- PAUL FRANCIS STEDMANLance Corporal · February 26, 1968
- MILES BOYD STUARTPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- RANSOM LEE STUCKPrivate · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM NICHOLS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 42
- MONTE EUGENE VANSKIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 45
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.