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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Milton Snow JR.

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MILTON SNOW JR

Private First Class · U.S. Army

February 25, 1947 – October 11, 1967

Service record

Milton Snow JR, of East Aurora, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 27E · Line 91

Position of Panel 27E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
Unit (as recorded)
B CO 84 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
Born
February 25, 1947
Home of record
East Aurora, New York (Erie County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 11, 1967
Age
20
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

26 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 27E, Line 91

From East Aurora

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.