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CHARLES JOHN SNYDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 27, 1948 – August 27, 1968
Service recordCharles John Snyder, of Astoria, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Astoria, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 45
- JIMMIE JENKINS RICHARDSONCorporal · August 27, 1968
- ARTHUR OLOGUE SOTOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE STOCKBURGERCaptain · August 27, 1968
- JAMES DONALD WAGSTAFFPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FELTON CROOK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 39
- ALLEN AVERY GRIFFINSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 41
From Astoria
- CHRISTOPHER JO OSULLIVANCaptain · May 30, 1965
- HECTOR LOPEZPrivate · October 6, 1965
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- JOSEPH FRANK SMITHPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BARZANSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- JOSEPH JAMES DODDPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL AGAZZIPetty Officer Third Class · September 29, 1967
- GILBERT DIAZLance Corporal · January 28, 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.