Just got the same info from Nancy Reeves, whose father also flew in VS-5 off Yorktown.
"Our dear friend patriot, CAPT Stanley Winfield "Swede" Vejtasa, USN(R), passed away yesterday (Wednesday), 23 January, in the early evening at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, California. He was 98 1/2. We've lost a true national treasure are forever indebted to him for his lifetime of service contributions he made to the history of WWII, especially in the Pacific. I can tell you he never lost his interest in teaching what he could about the war to those who were interested, and there were hundreds that filled his mailbox with requests for information autographs. He patiently responded to every request until he was no longer able to write, and he felt bad about the last stack he was unable to answer. Up to the very end he always had a smile and a chuckle that endeared him to all who knew him. He will be sorely missed.
As his daughter so beautifully expressed, some people should never leave us, and Swede was one of those people that we all would have liked to have with us forever."