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ROBERT HENRY STEWART
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1938 – October 29, 1966
Service recordRobert Henry Stewart, of Sumter, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1938
- Home of record
- Sumter, South Carolina (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 128
- RAYMOND PEARL JRStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- DAVID BURTON PEGGPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT ELISH POLKINGHORNEPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- THOMAS RESPRESSPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BARRY TALIANAPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 129
From Sumter
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- HAROLD MCRAE SMITHPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- LELAND EMANUEL HAMMONDLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- TERRY LYNN ANTONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BEN WHITESergeant · July 10, 1967
- DAVID NATHANIEL GREEN JRSecond Lieutenant · July 24, 1967
- WALLACE GOURLEY HYNDS JRColonel · August 2, 1967
- CARL MCFADDEN JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE HARVINCorporal · November 9, 1968
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.