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LONNY LAWRENCE STEWART
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordLonny Lawrence Stewart, of Norwalk, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56E, Line 16
- WILLIAM LENDELL RUSHINGFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
- JOHNNIE CECIL SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- MILTON EARL SPEARSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- ALLEN ARTHUR STRAUSSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE LEE ALDRICHSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 37
- LARRY BRISCOESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 2
- KARL LEE BULLARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 2
- JOSEPH ALLAN CLINGERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 3
- RODNEY ALLEN CRANDALLSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 4
- FREDDIE ISIASH CROCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 4
- THOMAS AMISS FOXCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 6
- VICTOR JAMES HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 9
- LARRY LEE KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 10
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL MCGINTYPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 13
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 13
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
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.