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GEORGE EDWARD SNODGRASS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1945 – March 15, 1966
Service recordGeorge Edward Snodgrass, of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Pompton Lakes, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 12
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- ALLAN STEGALL JRPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH STEWARTColonel · March 15, 1966
- DORSEY L TATUMSpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STEADMON ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 9
- THOMAS J CHANDLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 9
- WILLIAM R HOLBROOKStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 10
- RAYMOND HOODSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 10
- GARY EUGENE BARTZPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 11
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 11
- CARMELO SANCHEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 11
- DORSEY L TATUMSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 12
- PEDRO VAZQUEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 13
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 13
From Pompton Lakes
- DONALD MILLERCorporal · May 21, 1968
- GEORGE GERALD CARLOUGHCorporal · January 22, 1969
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.