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WILLIAM WESLEY STEWART
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 21, 1945 – April 24, 1967
Service recordWilliam Wesley Stewart, of Livermore, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 82
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
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Livermore, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 82
- PAUL FRANK RUSZKIEWICZSpecialist Four · April 24, 1967
- JACK LENN SUTTONLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- EDWIN BYRON TUCKERCommander · April 24, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE TWOMEYPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE RICHARD OBERMEIERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 81
- PAUL FRANK RUSZKIEWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 82
From Livermore
- RICHARD WINERFRED DUNCANCorporal · November 8, 1967
- DENNIS RICHARD PODGORNYCorporal · November 9, 1967
- RAYMOND N WEBERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- LEONARD DANIEL ERICKSONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- HARLAN LESLIE HAHNSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- WILLIAM AUGUST OTTColonel · October 8, 1970
- JOHN CHESTER KINGSpecialist Four · November 2, 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.