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MICHAEL HENRY STEWART
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 26, 1949 – May 8, 1968
Service recordMichael Henry Stewart, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 10
- RICHARD MICHAEL SENGPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- JAMES SAMUEL SINGLETARYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- CARL WILLIAM SPARROWPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- WOODROE WARREN WARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MIGUEL A ABREU-BATISTA JRCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 34
- JOE CARRILLO JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 35
- STEVEN JAMES PRESCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 8
- JEFFERY MICHAEL QUIRKSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 9
- JAMES SAMUEL SINGLETARYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 10
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.