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CHARLES OWEN SNYDER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1950 – March 28, 1969
Service recordCharles Owen Snyder, of Everett, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 76
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Everett, Pennsylvania (Bedford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 76
- BRUCE WILLIAM SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · March 28, 1969
- LON ARNOLD SPURLOCK IILieutenant Colonel · March 28, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL SULLIVANSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- JOHN WRIGHT SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
From Everett
- JOSEPH MILLARD STINEColonel · September 27, 1966
- HARRY SHERMAN STAYERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- CLAIR F RITCHEY JRCorporal · May 22, 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.