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LEONARD HARRISON SNEAD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1945 – January 11, 1968
Service recordLeonard Harrison Snead JR, of Abingdon, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Abingdon, Virginia (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 32
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL SMITHPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- PHILIP PAUL STEVENSLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- SWANTE AUGUST SWENSONFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN NEWTON BREWERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 27
- LARRY FRANK KUJAWASpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 29
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 32
From Abingdon
- ROBERT MORRIS COOKEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JAMES DAVID ROARKPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1967
- HENRY GLEAVES CRIGGERCorporal · November 15, 1967
- JAMES PERRY SINGLETONSergeant · March 8, 1968
- GEORGE JOSE COXStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- CHARLES E SHAWSpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM WHITTENCorporal · March 21, 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.