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JOHN HERBERT SNITCH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1947 – March 15, 1967
Service recordJohn Herbert Snitch, of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Sheffield Lake, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 87
- CLINTON ARNOLD SMITHSergeant · March 15, 1967
- DEAN SMITH JRLieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1967
- VICTOR HUGO THOMPSON IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- VINCENT MILO TOMALKAStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1967
From Sheffield Lake
- WAYNE EDWARD BENGESergeant · September 23, 1966
- CODY ALLEN BALISTERILieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK BYRNESergeant · March 8, 1967
- PAUL DOUGLAS STRAHMFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONRADYSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- RICHARD LOWELL IRVINSpecialist Four · August 5, 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.