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FREDERICK DON SNYDER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
March 6, 1948 – May 17, 1970
Service recordFrederick Don Snyder, of Moab, Utah, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 17, 1970, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 59
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radarman (RD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Moab, Utah (Grand County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 59
- NASH FRYCorporal · May 17, 1970
- MICHAEL ALBERT WAINWRIGHTSergeant · May 17, 1970
- NORMAN PHILIP WESTWOOD JRLieutenant · May 17, 1970
- WAYNE GARY WUTZKEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1970
From Moab
- GEORGE LAWRENCE HUBLERCaptain · February 23, 1968
- DENNIS RAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- DICK HOOTEN CHRISTENSENPrivate First Class · October 5, 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.