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LEONARD KEITH STEWART
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 11, 1946 – July 21, 1968
Service recordLeonard Keith Stewart, of Salina, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Salina, Kansas (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 29
- EDWARD ARLO WILLINGGunnery Sergeant · July 21, 1968
- RONALD DALE ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- JIMMY ARDELL AWALTLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- LESTER ELWOOD BOWMAN JRSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD GARLAND ASH JRSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 23
- RUSSEL E BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 23
- JIMMY CONCEPCION-CHAPMANCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 24
- ARTHUR MERINO FLORESCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 25
- CHARLES L CALLAHAN IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 26
- BRIAN STUART KRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 26
- CHARLES LOUIS MYERS JRSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 27
- ROBERT WARREN PARENTSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 28
- ROBERT DOUGLAS STONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 28
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 28
From Salina
- LLOYD DEAN LAKEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- GARY DEAN NAILCorporal · April 3, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · September 13, 1967
- MICHAEL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- EDDIE DEAN GADSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- THEODORE JANKE JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- RONALD LEE MUEHLBERGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- YALE REZIN DAVIS JRMajor · November 19, 1968
- GEAROLD LEE BRANDTPrivate First Class · June 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.