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JAMES RALPH SNYDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 16, 1939 – June 27, 1967
Service recordJames Ralph Snyder, of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 73
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1939
- Home of record
- New Cumberland, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 73
- JACKIE LYNN SANDERSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- JAMES MERRILL SHEPARD JRCorporal · June 27, 1967
- RICK JAMES STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- EDMUND BURKE TRAVISCorporal · June 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS BERNARD GAISERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 70
- CLYDE EDWARD LONG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 71
From New Cumberland
- MYRON MCCLELLAND PFOUTZWarrant Officer 1 · May 28, 1965
- RALPH DAVID HALE IIPetty Officer Third Class · December 9, 1967
- LARRY GORDON SANDNESLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN CHRINWarrant Officer 1 · October 13, 1971
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.