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SAM WILLIAM STEWART
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 30, 1948 – February 20, 1968
Service recordSam William Stewart, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 48
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 48
- TERRY LEE SMITHCorporal · February 20, 1968
- BOBBY RAY TALTONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- STEPHEN PAUL THUETCaptain · February 20, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD URBAN JRCorporal · February 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH THOMAS GALLAGHERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 39
- JAMES EDWARD MURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 44
- JOSEPH PAUL ZALESpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 50
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 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.