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LAWRENCE DAVID SNYDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 3, 1947 – November 30, 1967
Service recordLawrence David Snyder, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 17
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 17
- KENNETH R SHOEMAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- CLIFTON BRADLEY SMITHLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- JAMES ALVIN STEGERStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY GENE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 9
- WHYLEY E JOSHSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 11
- WILLIAM E GROVESSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 12
- NORMAN F LOEFFLER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 13
- LEON PETER MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 13
- JACK ROGERSCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 16
- WILLIAM D WILSONSpecialist Five · Panel 31E, Line 19
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.