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STEWART ARTHUR MELNICK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1946 – September 3, 1968
Service recordStewart Arthur Melnick, of Bradley Beach, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 33
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Bradley Beach, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1968; nine of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 33
- THOMAS DUFAUX KESTERSergeant · September 3, 1968
- GARY ROBERT KORSMYERSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE NEALSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
- ROBERT LEE PINKARDPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVID JRSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 31
- THOMAS DUFAUX KESTERSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 33
- GARY ROBERT KORSMYERSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 33
- RONALD WAYNE NEALSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 33
- MARC EDWARD SNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 34
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.