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HOWARD WILLIAM SNITCHLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1946 – April 28, 1968
Service recordHoward William Snitchler, of Largo, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Largo, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 44
- RONNIE GLYNN SLAYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS SMITHPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS GRADY STRICKLINPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- HENRY WUNDERLICHPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FRANCIS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 44
From Largo
- HARRY JOSEPH SHEPHERD JRSergeant · November 20, 1966
- JEFFERY DALE BOUTONPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STEPHENSSergeant · June 22, 1967
- REID CARLTON ARNOLDCorporal · September 6, 1967
- DENNIS DEAN LOFTHEIMFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1967
- STEPHEN FREDRICK TURNERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- FRANKLIN IVAN BURRIS JRCorporal · August 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MCPHEEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GOLDENSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
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.