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ROBERT LEE STEWART
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 5, 1947 – May 16, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Stewart, of Woodland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Woodland, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; three 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 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 19
- LOUIE JOE SANDOVALPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- GEORGE H SCHROEDER JRStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JUNIOR TARPLEYSergeant · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 9
- RICHARD JOHN MYSKYWEIZPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 14
- FREDERICK LEO ROHANPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 17
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 19
From Woodland
- DAVID JOSEPH BOYLESeaman · February 14, 1966
- JAMES GEORGE SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 26, 1967
- BRADLEY OLEN TILLINGHASTSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ARTHUR FRED MIRAMONTESPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- THOMAS LOUIS ROSSIPrivate · February 14, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER CASIASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- GEORGE DEWEY BROOKSHIREPrivate First Class · September 1, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES SHINNStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1970
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.