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JOE ANTHONY SNITKO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 29, 1947 – June 13, 1968
Service recordJoe Anthony Snitko, of Austin, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 13
- JAMES ROSS RICHMONDPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- CRAIG LEE SEIDELSpecialist Four · June 13, 1968
- EMORY MOREL SMITHStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1968
- PORFIRIO SAM SOLANOStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR GAUDREAUPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 9
- DONALD THOMAS LUTZSergeant First Class · Panel 57W, Line 11
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.