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JOHN WALLACE STEWART
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 22, 1949 – May 5, 1969
Service recordJohn Wallace Stewart, of Union Lake, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Union Lake, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 8
- LOUIS SOLIVANSergeant First Class · May 5, 1969
- DONALD THOMAS TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 5, 1969
- JAMES LEROY WASHINGTON SRSergeant · May 5, 1969
- ALLEN WAYNE ALLUMSSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN LEE GRAYSONPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 5
- RODNEY ALLEN HOHNCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 6
- ROBERT DALE HARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 7
From Union Lake
- JAMES RAY LAUDICINASergeant · September 9, 1967
- ROBERT DANIEL CAINPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- DAVID EARL WEDHORNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- GREGORY JAMES EVANSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS LEO TAFFEPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- CHARLES RAY HENLEYSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- GORDON E MYERSCorporal · January 25, 1969
- JOSEPH CHARLES CHISHOLMSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- FREDERIC HUTCHISON DAVISSergeant · June 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY ALLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
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.