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BOBBY CLYDE SNYDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 28, 1948 – December 10, 1968
Service recordBobby Clyde Snyder, of Sacramento, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 83
- DONALD FRANK MCKENZIEStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1968
- MELVIN DOUGLAS NELSONSergeant · December 10, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO RUDONLance Corporal · December 10, 1968
- PEDRO SANCHEZ JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS TODD CHAPMANPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 79
- GARY STEPHEN HODGESPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 81
- LATHAN HOUSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 81
- MELVIN DOUGLAS NELSONSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 83
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.