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MARVIN DALE SNIDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 27, 1950 – June 25, 1970
Service recordMarvin Dale Snider, of Tiltonsville, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 92
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Tiltonsville, Ohio (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 92
- OSCAR BERNARD PATTERSONSpecialist Five · June 25, 1970
- DENNIS LEE RITTERCorporal · June 25, 1970
- DAVID MORGAN WALTERSCorporal · June 25, 1970
- DAVID JOSEPH WIKANDERSergeant · June 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LOUIS BARNESCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 90
- DALE PATRICK MEEHANCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 91
- CLARENCE M OVERBAY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 91
- DENNIS LEE RITTERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 92
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.