Colonel Robert Allan Stewart, USAF

Robert Allan Stewart was born November 14, 1931 in Washington, District of Columbia. He was a Most Distinguished Graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1956, finishing first academically in his class.

On May 12, 1968 Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Stewart and Captain Peter P. Pitman were flying their F105F Thunderchief in Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. They did not return. Both men were listed as missing in action and the Vietnamese denied any knowledge of their existence.

Peter P. Pitman was promoted to the rank of Major and Robert A. Stewart to the rank of Colonel during the period they were maintained as missing in action.

Colonel Stewart's military awards include:


Silver Star	Purple Heart	Air Medal	USAF Commendation Medal

F-105F "Thud" Thunderchief

13^th Tactical Fighter Squadron patches
Korat Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand
circa 1968

April 3, 1978 status of both men is changed to died while missing.

Robert Stewart left behind a wife, a son and two daughters.

Mounting evidence indicates that some Americans are still alive being held prisoner of war in Southeast Asia. The Vietnamese pledged to return all prisoners of war and provide the fullest possible accounting of the missing in the peace accords signed in 1973. They have done neither, and the U.S. has not compelled them to do so.

The United States government pledged that the POW/MIA issue is of "highest national priority" but has not achieved results indicative of a priority.

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