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DOUGLAS LEE SNEAD
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1928 – December 28, 1969
Service recordDouglas Lee Snead, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 105
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Born
- September 6, 1928
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 105
- JON MICHAEL OLSSONCaptain · December 19, 1969
- ALAN REED RADERCorporal · December 28, 1969
- LESLIE LEWIS SHELTONLance Corporal · December 28, 1969
- EDWARD REYNOLD STORMMaster Gunnery Sergeant · December 28, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SWAINStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1969
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
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.