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MARC EDWARD SNELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1949 – September 3, 1968
Service recordMarc Edward Snell, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 34
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
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1968; nine of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 34
- THOMAS FRANK POSTCorporal · September 3, 1968
- STEVEN JAMES RIGGSFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1968
- TIMOTHY EDWARD SHANOWERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
- RUSSELL L WRIGHT IIIHospitalman · September 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVID JRSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 31
- THOMAS DUFAUX KESTERSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 33
- GARY ROBERT KORSMYERSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 33
- STEWART ARTHUR MELNICKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 33
- RONALD WAYNE NEALSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 33
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
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.