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CHARLES CALVIN SNIDER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 5, 1947 – September 9, 1971
Service recordCharles Calvin Snider JR, of Billings, Montana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 13
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 13
- ANDREW IVAN JRMajor · May 30, 1971
- DONALD EMMETT SMITHPrivate First Class · September 8, 1971
- RAYMOND WALTER CULVERStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1971
- LEROY JASON CORNWELL IIICaptain · September 10, 1971
From Billings
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1965
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
- FRANK GARCIA JRCorporal · August 4, 1967
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES GOODHUE BOYERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID PADILLALance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
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.