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GUY FORD SNYDER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 14, 1937 – February 7, 1966
Service recordGuy Ford Snyder, of Clinton, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1937
- Home of record
- Clinton, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 10
- RICHARD GUINN CROSSLANDSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- PRINCE CHARLES CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 9
- DERLYN REYNOLD LEHMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 12
- HELDER ARTHUR C DASILVASpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 16
From Clinton
- PAUL EDWARD FLOYD JRStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CARROLLFirst Sergeant · December 18, 1966
- FRANCO ANTONIO DITULLIOFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 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.