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LEE DAVIS STUART JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 27, 1949 – January 16, 1971
Service recordLee Davis Stuart JR, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi (Forrest County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; two 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 51
- CHARLES DAVID STCLAIRSpecialist Four · January 16, 1971
- WILLIAM HASSELL THIGPENFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1971
- JOHNNY NEWTON WARD JRCaptain · January 16, 1971
- JOHN SIMMONS WEAVERCorporal · January 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DAVID STCLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 51
From Hattiesburg
- JAMES WILLIAM SIZEMOREWarrant Officer 1 · November 4, 1965
- CECIL DOUGLAS BRELANDPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- OLIVER WENDELL MYERSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- THOMAS DEVECMON OTT IIAirman · July 29, 1967
- PAUL MELVYN DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY BURTONSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- MELVIN STETTINIUS LAMARCorporal · July 19, 1968
- EDWARD ERNEST MCBRIDEMajor · November 27, 1968
- DENNIS LEE ROADSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- ELIJAH WALLACE BURKETTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
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.