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RICHARD JAMES STEWART
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1947 – April 1, 1967
Service recordRichard James Stewart, of El Monte, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 88
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 4, 1947
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 88
- ROBERT PAUL RUMINSKILance Corporal · April 1, 1967
- ALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM STANLEYCaptain · April 1, 1967
- BENNIE HOWARD STRAITPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- ROBERT GARRY ROSSPrivate First Class · May 10, 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.