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RONALD WAYNE STEWART
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 25, 1950 – March 14, 1971
Service recordRonald Wayne Stewart, of Mt Vernon, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 47
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Illinois (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1971; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 47
- CLIFFORD ROY OSTERHOUDTSpecialist Four · March 14, 1971
- STEPHEN RAY PHELIXPrivate First Class · March 14, 1971
- HARRY GORDON PRINCE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 14, 1971
- MARCUS SHERWIN STOENSpecialist Five · March 14, 1971
From Mt Vernon
- KENNETH DEANE THOMAS JRCaptain · May 5, 1966
- JACK EMANUEL CROUCH JRLance Corporal · September 24, 1966
- JERRY PAUL WITTSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- STEPHEN JAY SMITHPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- LEONARD JEFFREY RICHARDSPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- FREDRICK HALL BECKMEYERPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1968
- EDWARD WAYNE PIGGSergeant · May 11, 1968
- CARL EDWARD PILKINGTON SRSergeant Major · April 25, 1969
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.