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JOHN WILLIAM SNELSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 10, 1950 – April 23, 1970
Service recordJohn William Snelson, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 42
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 42
- BENJAMIN ARNOLD NICKS IIISergeant · April 23, 1970
- JOSEPH DONALD POGUEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1970
- LORAN EDGAR SWEAT JRSpecialist Five · April 23, 1970
- THOMAS DUANE WORRELLance Corporal · April 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE THOMAS KELLY IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 41
- ALLEN THOMAS WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 43
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.