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RICHARD STEWART
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1952 – April 29, 1971
Service recordRichard Stewart, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 29, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 19
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 28, 1952
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 19
- HAROLD KINGSLEY ARMSTRONGSergeant · April 30, 1971
- CANTRELL MONRO DANIEL IIISpecialist Four · April 30, 1971
- JOSEPH MILTON EASONSpecialist Four · April 30, 1971
- JERRY DONALD HELMSSergeant · April 30, 1971
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.