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FRANCIS JOSEPH SNEE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 10, 1948 – January 4, 1970
Service recordFrancis Joseph Snee JR, of Torrance, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 126
- PETER PULASKI JRCorporal · January 4, 1970
- BERNARD ALLEN SOWDERPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- JAMES SIDNEY VANCECorporal · January 4, 1970
- WILLIAM SAMUEL WADDLESergeant First Class · January 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD C WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 127
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 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.