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RICHARD CORTLANDT STEWART
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 11, 1946 – February 3, 1966
Service recordRichard Cortlandt Stewart, of Manasquan, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 135
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Manasquan, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 135
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- JOSEPH RONALD LANDRYPrivate First Class · February 3, 1966
- EDWARD MILTON PARSLEYChief Master Sergeant · February 3, 1966
- THERMAN MORRIS WALLERChief Master Sergeant · February 3, 1966
From Manasquan
- ROBERT CHARLES KUGELMANNSpecialist Five · December 12, 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.