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CARL MICHAEL SNEED
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1948 – June 12, 1969
Service recordCarl Michael Sneed, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 36
- LEO PIERCESpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- RICHARD BLAINE PROVEAUXPrivate · June 12, 1969
- PAUL R ROSSCorporal · June 12, 1969
- MICHAEL ALAN SYLVIASpecialist Five · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRED JACOBOSEN DANIELSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 31
- KURT WALTER FRANZINGER JRCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 32
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.