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DALE MARVIN SNYDER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 25, 1950 – March 3, 1971
Service recordDale Marvin Snyder, of Wampsville, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Microwave Systems Repairer (26L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Wampsville, New York (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 20
- GARY TEOFILIO PADILLACorporal · March 3, 1971
- RICHARD LEWIS PARKPrivate First Class · March 3, 1971
- PAUL ANTHONY SGAMBATISpecialist Four · March 3, 1971
- HAROLD LOWELL ALGAARDWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1971
From Wampsville
- RICHARD BURTON BRADLEYStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1965
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.